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AESCSF-ACCESS-AP7Active

Identities (users) cannot be individually identified and attributed to a person

Statement

Identities (users) cannot be individually identified and attributed to a person

Context and Guidance: Organisations need to be able to uniquely identify individuals who use assets (such as networks, systems, and applications) relevant to the function. This involves consideration of the principles of attribution and non-repudiation.

Without the ability to distinguish identities (users) between individuals, anonymous users can perform malicious or illegal activity without their actions being linked back to them.

For the context of this Anti-Pattern:

  • service accounts should be considered, and each service account should be associated with (owned by) an individual.
  • generic accounts can still be utilised provided a secondary means of attribution exists for any actions performed (e.g., via privileged session management controls).

Location

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ACCESS
Objective
ACCESS Anti-Patterns

Practice Details

Identifier
AESCSF-ACCESS-AP7
Type
Anti-pattern
Domain
ACCESS
Objective
ACCESS Anti-Patterns

Maturity Level

MIL-1MIL-2MIL-3

Security Profile

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ACCESS Anti-Patterns11 controls
AESCSF-ACCESS-AP1Identities (users) are created, and access to assets is provisioned, before confirming if the identity (user) has a g...AESCSF-ACCESS-AP2A complete and current register of identities (users) with privileged access is not maintainedAESCSF-ACCESS-AP3Identity (user) deprovisioning is not informed and supported by organisational risk criteria (RISK-2d, RISK-3b)AESCSF-ACCESS-AP4Non-public, Internet-facing assets can be accessed using single-factor authenticationAESCSF-ACCESS-AP5Privileged access to one or more assets is provisioned by defaultAESCSF-ACCESS-AP6Identities (users) have been provisioned with access to assets which breaches a segregation of duties requirementAESCSF-ACCESS-AP7Identities (users) cannot be individually identified and attributed to a personAESCSF-ACCESS-AP8Unusual or suspicious access to assets is not monitored by security monitoring solutionsAESCSF-ACCESS-AP9Unknown or unauthorised identities (users) and assets can connect to known assetsAESCSF-ACCESS-AP10The continued need for an identity (user) to have access to an asset is not validated when identity (user) repositori...AESCSF-ACCESS-AP11Identities (users) are not prohibited (by organisational policy) from connecting to critical assets using unknown or ...