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CCI-002231

CCI-002231 Definition

Reassign or remove privileges, if necessary, to correctly reflect organizational mission and business needs.

Status
Type	CheckType.policy

Master Assessment Datasheet

Implementation Guidance

Determine if privileges are reassigned or removed, if necessary, to correctly reflect Organizational mission and business needs.

Validation Procedures

Examine: [SELECT FROM: Access control policy; procedures addressing least privilege; list of system-generated roles or classes of users and assigned privileges; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; validation reviews of privileges assigned to roles or classes or users; records of privilege removals or reassignments for roles or classes of users; system audit records; system security plan; other relevant documents or records]. Interview: [SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with responsibilities for reviewing least privileges necessary to accomplish specified tasks; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; system/network administrators]. Test: [SELECT FROM: Mechanisms implementing review of user privileges].

Related Controls

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-002231.

Control	Description
AC-6(7)	(a): Review [the frequency at which to review the privileges assigned to roles or classes of users is defined;] the privileges assigned to [roles or classes of users to which privileges are assigned are defined;] to validate the need for such privileges; and (b): Reassign or remove privileges, if necessary, to correctly reflect organizational mission and business needs.