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  4. >SP800-53-CM-5(1)
SP800-53-CM-5(1)Active

Automated Access Enforcement and Audit Records

Statement

Enforce access restrictions using automated mechanisms ; and Automatically generate audit records of the enforcement actions.

Location

Control Family
Configuration Management

Control Details

Identifier
SP800-53-CM-5(1)
Family
CM
Parent Control
SP800-53-CM-5

Organisation-Defined Parameters

cm-05.01_odp
automated mechanisms

Supplemental Guidance

Organizations log system accesses associated with applying configuration changes to ensure that configuration change control is implemented and to support after-the-fact actions should organizations discover any unauthorized changes.

Assessment Objective

access restrictions for change are enforced using automated mechanisms; audit records of enforcement actions are automatically generated.

No cross-framework mappings available

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SP800-53-CM-1Policy and ProceduresSP800-53-CM-2Baseline ConfigurationSP800-53-CM-2(1)Reviews and UpdatesSP800-53-CM-2(2)Automation Support for Accuracy and CurrencySP800-53-CM-2(3)Retention of Previous ConfigurationsSP800-53-CM-2(4)Unauthorized SoftwareSP800-53-CM-2(5)Authorized SoftwareSP800-53-CM-2(6)Development and Test EnvironmentsSP800-53-CM-2(7)Configure Systems and Components for High-risk AreasSP800-53-CM-3Configuration Change ControlSP800-53-CM-3(1)Automated Documentation, Notification, and Prohibition of ChangesSP800-53-CM-3(2)Testing, Validation, and Documentation of ChangesSP800-53-CM-3(3)Automated Change ImplementationSP800-53-CM-3(4)Security and Privacy RepresentativesSP800-53-CM-3(5)Automated Security ResponseSP800-53-CM-3(6)Cryptography ManagementSP800-53-CM-3(7)Review System ChangesSP800-53-CM-3(8)Prevent or Restrict Configuration ChangesSP800-53-CM-4Impact AnalysesSP800-53-CM-4(1)Separate Test EnvironmentsSP800-53-CM-4(2)Verification of ControlsSP800-53-CM-5Access Restrictions for ChangeSP800-53-CM-5(1)Automated Access Enforcement and Audit RecordsSP800-53-CM-5(2)Review System ChangesSP800-53-CM-5(3)Signed ComponentsSP800-53-CM-5(4)Dual AuthorizationSP800-53-CM-5(5)Privilege Limitation for Production and OperationSP800-53-CM-5(6)Limit Library PrivilegesSP800-53-CM-5(7)Automatic Implementation of Security SafeguardsSP800-53-CM-6Configuration SettingsSP800-53-CM-6(1)Automated Management, Application, and VerificationSP800-53-CM-6(2)Respond to Unauthorized ChangesSP800-53-CM-6(3)Unauthorized Change DetectionSP800-53-CM-6(4)Conformance DemonstrationSP800-53-CM-7Least FunctionalitySP800-53-CM-7(1)Periodic ReviewSP800-53-CM-7(2)Prevent Program ExecutionSP800-53-CM-7(3)Registration ComplianceSP800-53-CM-7(4)Unauthorized Software — Deny-by-exceptionSP800-53-CM-7(5)Authorized Software — Allow-by-exceptionSP800-53-CM-7(6)Confined Environments with Limited PrivilegesSP800-53-CM-7(7)Code Execution in Protected EnvironmentsSP800-53-CM-7(8)Binary or Machine Executable CodeSP800-53-CM-7(9)Prohibiting The Use of Unauthorized HardwareSP800-53-CM-8System Component InventorySP800-53-CM-8(1)Updates During Installation and RemovalSP800-53-CM-8(2)Automated MaintenanceSP800-53-CM-8(3)Automated Unauthorized Component DetectionSP800-53-CM-8(4)Accountability InformationSP800-53-CM-8(5)No Duplicate Accounting of ComponentsSP800-53-CM-8(6)Assessed Configurations and Approved DeviationsSP800-53-CM-8(7)Centralized RepositorySP800-53-CM-8(8)Automated Location TrackingSP800-53-CM-8(9)Assignment of Components to SystemsSP800-53-CM-9Configuration Management PlanSP800-53-CM-9(1)Assignment of ResponsibilitySP800-53-CM-10Software Usage RestrictionsSP800-53-CM-10(1)Open-source SoftwareSP800-53-CM-11User-installed SoftwareSP800-53-CM-11(1)Alerts for Unauthorized InstallationsSP800-53-CM-11(2)Software Installation with Privileged StatusSP800-53-CM-11(3)Automated Enforcement and MonitoringSP800-53-CM-12Information LocationSP800-53-CM-12(1)Automated Tools to Support Information LocationSP800-53-CM-13Data Action MappingSP800-53-CM-14Signed Components