Criticality High Active

Federation & Single Sign-On (SSO)

Establishes identity federation and Single Sign-On capabilities enabling secure cross-domain authentication, reduced password fatigue, and improved user experience across applications.

Control ID
IAM-006
Domain Code
IAM
Control Nature
Preventive
Business Owner
IAM
Category
Technical
Compensating Control
No

Control Overview

IAM-006 · Full Control Profile
Business Description

Manage identity federation and implement Single Sign-On for a seamless and secure user experience.

Business Objective

To provide secure and seamless access across applications and organizations.

Business Benefits

    Business Risks if Missing

      Stakeholders, Industries & Technologies

      IAM-006 · Operating Context

      Primary Stakeholders

      Applicable Industries

      Applicable Technologies

      Mapped Regulatory & Industry Frameworks

      Harmonized Framework Mappings

      The following compliance and regulatory frameworks map directly to this control's governance scope.

      FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DESCRIPTION FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
      CIS-V8 CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit...
      CIS
      Best Practice
      		 vv8 View →
      COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f...
      COBIT
      Governance Framework
      		 v2019 View →
      DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis...
      EU
      Regulation
      		 vCurrent View →
      GDPR General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin...
      EU
      Regulation
      		 vCurrent View →
      HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA is a U.S. federal law supported by implement...
      US
      Law
      		 vCurrent View →
      IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements...
      India
      Guideline
      		 vLatest View →
      NIS2 NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri...
      EU
      Directive
      		 vCurrent View →
      NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev...
      NIST
      Framework
      		 v2 View →
      NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i...
      NIST
      Control Catalog
      		 vRev. 5 View →
      NPCI-ISR NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont...
      India
      Standard
      		 vLatest View →
      RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set...
      India
      Regulation
      		 vLatest View →
      SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor...
      India
      Regulation
      		 vLatest View →
      SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting...
      AICPA
      Audit Framework
      		 vLatest View →
      ISO27001 ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for...
      ISO
      Standard
      		 v2022 View →

      Parent Domain Context

      Governance Domain Baseline
      Domain Name:
      Identity & Access Management (IAM)
      Purpose:
      To ensure that only authorized users have appropriate access to systems and data.
      Scope:
      Enterprise
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      Compliance Requirements & Audit Crosswalk

      10 Specific Audit Clauses

      The following requirements dictate specific audit evidence criteria and testing steps mapped directly under this control.

      REQUIREMENT ID REQUIREMENT TITLE & DETAILS MAPPED CONTROL TYPICAL OWNER ACTION
      IAM-006-R001 Federation Framework The organization shall establish a feder... IAM-006 Federation & Single Sign-On (S... Identity & Access Management, Security Architecture, Federation Administrators View ↗
      IAM-006-R002 Trust Relationships The organization shall establish and man... IAM-006 Federation & Single Sign-On (S... Identity & Access Management, Security Architecture, Federation Administrators View ↗
      IAM-006-R003 Identity Federation The organization shall implement identit... IAM-006 Federation & Single Sign-On (S... Identity & Access Management, Security Architecture, Federation Administrators View ↗
      IAM-006-R004 SSO Configuration The organization shall configure single... IAM-006 Federation & Single Sign-On (S... Identity & Access Management, Security Architecture, Federation Administrators View ↗
      IAM-006-R005 Federation Monitoring The organization shall monitor federatio... IAM-006 Federation & Single Sign-On (S... Identity & Access Management, Security Architecture, Federation Administrators View ↗
      IAM-006-R006 Federation Security The organization shall maintain security... IAM-006 Federation & Single Sign-On (S... Identity & Access Management, Security Architecture, Federation Administrators View ↗
      IAM-006-R007 Federation Review The organization shall conduct periodic... IAM-006 Federation & Single Sign-On (S... Identity & Access Management, Security Architecture, Federation Administrators View ↗
      IAM-006-R008 Federation Reporting The organization shall report on federat... IAM-006 Federation & Single Sign-On (S... Identity & Access Management, Security Architecture, Federation Administrators View ↗
      IAM-006-R009 Federation Maintenance The organization shall maintain federati... IAM-006 Federation & Single Sign-On (S... Identity & Access Management, Security Architecture, Federation Administrators View ↗
      IAM-006-R010 Federation Continuous Improvement The organization shall drive ongoing enh... IAM-006 Federation & Single Sign-On (S... Identity & Access Management, Security Architecture, Federation Administrators View ↗