NIST 800-171 · Access Control
Requirement 3.1.4
- SPRS weight
- SPRS weight: 1
- POA&M eligibility
- POA&M-eligible
- Assessment objectives
- 3 assessment objectives
Official requirement text
Separate the duties of individuals to reduce the risk of malevolent activity without collusion.
Assessment objectives
Assessors don’t evaluate the requirement as one sentence; they walk these objectives one by one. Each must be met for the requirement to score.
- 3.1.4[a]the duties of individuals requiring separation to reduce the risk of malevolent activity are defined.
- 3.1.4[b]organization-defined duties of individuals requiring separation are separated.
- 3.1.4[c]separate accounts for individuals whose duties and accesses must be separated to reduce the risk of malevolent activity or collusion are established
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