Assessment Objective

Determine if:

• AC-06(01)(a)
  • AC-06(01)(a)[01] access is authorized for [Assignment: individuals and roles] to [Assignment: security functions (deployed in hardware)];
  • AC-06(01)(a)[02] access is authorized for [Assignment: individuals and roles] to [Assignment: security functions (deployed in software)];
  • AC-06(01)(a)[03] access is authorized for [Assignment: individuals and roles] to [Assignment: security functions (deployed in firmware)];
• AC-06(01)(b) access is authorized for [Assignment: individuals and roles] to [Assignment: security-relevant information].

Assessment Methods

Examine

• Access control policy
• procedures addressing least privilege
• list of security functions (deployed in hardware, software, and firmware) and security-relevant information for which access must be explicitly authorized
• 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

Tichete legate

• NIST -

  https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/53/r5/upd1/final