Protect
2.3 Protect
2.3.1 Access management
Ensure that physical and logical access to ICT assets and facilities is restricted
to authorised individuals, processes and devices, and that they can be used only
for permitted activities.
Description
Task
PR.AC-1
Establish a clearly defined procedure for granting and managing permissions and access data
for users, devices and processes.
PR.AC-2
Ensure that only authorised individuals have physical access to ICT assets. Take action
(on building security, for example) to ensure that ICT assets are protected from unauthorised
physical access.
PR.AC-3
Establish procedures by which to manage remote access.
PR.AC-4
Define permission levels according to the principle of least privilege, as well as separation
of functions.
PR.AC-5
Ensure that the integrity of your network is protected. Segregate your network both logically
and physically where necessary and sensible.
PR.AC-6
Ensure that digital identities are allocated to unambiguously authenticated individuals or processes.
Table 15: PR.AC tasks
Standard
Reference
COBIT 5
DSS05.04, DSS06.03, DSS01.04, DSS05.05, APO13.01, DSS01.04, DSS05.03, DSS05.04, DSS05.05,
DSS05.07, DSS06.03, BAI08.03
ISA 62443-3:2013
SR 1.1, SR 1.2, SR 1.3, SR 1.4, SR 1.5, SR 1.7, SR 1.8, SR 1.9, SR 1.13, SR 2.1, SR 2.6, SR 3.1,
SR 3.8, SR 2.2, SR 2.3
ISO 27001:2013
A.9.2.1, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.4, A.9.3.1, A.9.4.2, A.9.4.3, A.11.1.1, A.11.1.2, A.11.1.4, A.11.1.6,
A.11.2.3, A.6.1.2, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.3, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4, A.6.1.2, A.7.1.1, A.9.1.2, A.9.2.2, A.9.2.3,
A.9.2.5, A.9.2.6, A.9.4.1, A.9.4.4
NIST-SP-800-53 Rev. 4
AC-2, IA Family, PE-2, PE-3, PE-4, PE-5, PE-6, PE-9, AC‑17, AC-19, AC-20, AC-2, AC-3, AC-5, AC-6,
AC-16, AC-24, IA-2, IA-4, IA-5, IA-8
BSI
M 2.30, M 2.220, M 2.11, M 4.15, M 1.79, M 2.17, B 2.2, B 2.12, B 5.8, B 4.1, M 2.393,
M 2.5, B 1.18, M 2.220, M 2.8, M 4.135, B 4.1, M 5.77, M 2.393, M 2.5, M 3.33, M 2.31,
M 2.586, M 4.135
Table 16: PR.AC references
Minimum ICT standard 2018
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