NIST 800-171 · Access Control
Requirement 3.1.7
- SPRS weight
- SPRS weight: 1
- POA&M eligibility
- POA&M-eligible
- Assessment objectives
- 4 assessment objectives
Official requirement text
Prevent non-privileged users from executing privileged functions and capture the execution of such functions in audit logs.
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.
- 3.1.7[a]privileged functions are defined.
- 3.1.7[b]non-privileged users are defined.
- 3.1.7[c]non-privileged users are prevented from executing privileged functions.
- 3.1.7[d]the execution of privileged functions is captured in audit logs.
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