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AC-6(6) LEAST PRIVILEGE |  PRIVILEGED ACCESS BY NON-ORGANIZATIONAL USERS

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ac-6(6)

least privilege |  privileged access by non-organizational users

 

assessment objective:

Determine if the organization prohibits privileged access to the information system by non-organizational users.

potential assessment methods and objects:

Examine: [select from: Access control policy; procedures addressing least privilege; list of system-generated privileged accounts; list of non-organizational users; information system configuration settings and associated documentation; information system audit records; other relevant documents or records].

Interview: [select from: Organizational personnel with responsibilities for defining least privileges necessary to accomplish specified tasks; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; system/network administrators].

Test: [select from: Automated mechanisms prohibiting privileged access to the information system].

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