Assessment Objective
Determine if:
- AC-06 the principle of least privilege is employed, allowing only authorized accesses for users (or processes acting on behalf of users) that are necessary to accomplish assigned organizational tasks.
Assessment Methods
Examine
- Access control policy
- procedures addressing least privilege
- list of assigned access authorizations (user privileges)
- system configuration settings and associated documentation
- system audit records
- system security plan
- other relevant documents or records
Interview
- Organizational personnel with responsibilities for defining least privileges necessary to accomplish specified tasks
- organizational personnel with information security responsibilities
- system/network administrators
Test
- Mechanisms implementing least privilege functions
Ticket collegati
| Tipo di collegamento | Ticket |
|---|---|
| blocks | AC-06 Least Privilege |