This requirement exists to define job-function roles with associated permissions and documented access rationale and to ensure identity and access decisions are controlled, traceable, and aligned with business and security needs.
Define and document the process for define job-function roles with associated permissions and documented access rationale. Establish accountable owners, required inputs and outputs, approval or validation points, risk-based criteria, review frequency, exception handling, monitoring, and evidence requirements. Integrate the process with authoritative identity sources and relevant HR, application, infrastructure, security, and compliance workflows. Retain records sufficient to demonstrate operation.
| FRAMEWORK CODE | FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS | FAMILY / CATEGORY | VERSION | ACTION |
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| IRDAI | IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.3-3.4 – User Authorization |
India
Guideline
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| RBI-CSF | RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 8) User Access Control / Management – 8.3 No admin rights on end-user devices; need-to-know and time-bound access; 8) User Access Control / Management – 8.4 Centralised authentication/authorization, strong passwords, MFA, least privilege and segregation of duties |
India
Regulation
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| SEBI-CSCRF | SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 3.1 PR.AA: Identity Management, Authentication, and Access Control |
India
Regulation
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| DORA | Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 9(4)(c) – Logical/physical access limitation and access-rights administration |
EU
Regulation
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| NIS2 | NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri... Clause: Article 21(2)(i) – Human resources security, access control policies and asset management |
EU
Directive
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| COBIT2019 | COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.4 – Deliver, Service and Support (DSS) > DSS06 – Managed Business Process Controls > DSS06.03 – Manage roles, responsibilities, access privileges and levels 4.4 – Deliver, Service and Support (DSS) > DSS05 – Managed Security Services > DSS05.04 – Manage user identity and logical access. |
COBIT
Governance Framework
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| NIST-CSF | NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: PR.AA – Identity Management, Authentication, and Access Control | PR.AA-05 – Access permissions, entitlements, and authorizations are defined in a policy, managed, enforced, and reviewed, and incorporate the principles of least privilege and separation of duties |
NIST
Framework
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| NIST80053 | NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.1 – ACCESS CONTROL; AC-3 – ACCESS ENFORCEMENT, AC-6 – LEAST PRIVILEGE |
NIST
Control Catalog
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| CIS-V8 | CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit... Clause: Control 06 – Access Control Management: 6.8 – Define and Maintain Role-Based Access Control |
CIS
Best Practice
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| NPCI-ISR | NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont... Clause: Security Measures / Controls; Identity and Access Management – Roles |
India
Standard
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| SOC2 | SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: CC6.3 – Logical and Physical Access Controls – The entity authorizes, modifies, or removes access to data, software, functions, and other protected information assets based on roles, responsibilities, or the system design and changes, giving consideration to the concepts of least privilege and segregation of duties, to meet the entity’s objectives. |
AICPA
Audit Framework
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