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Session Management

The organization shall manage privileged access sessions, including session monitoring, session recording, and session termination. Session management shall include tracking of privileged session activity, recording of privileged session events, and automatic termination of sessions when appropriate.

Requirement ID
IAM-003-R004
Parent Control
Domain Code

Requirement Details & Guidance

IAM-003-R004 · IAM-003
Why This Requirement Exists

This requirement exists to monitor, record, track, and terminate privileged sessions appropriately and to ensure identity and access decisions are controlled, traceable, and aligned with business and security needs.

Implementation Guidance

Define and document the process for monitor, record, track, and terminate privileged sessions appropriately. 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.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

IAM-003-R004 · Field Guidance

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        Best Practices & Ownership

        IAM-003 · Recommended Approach

        Recommended Practices

          Typical Owner

          Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

          Harmonized Control Mappings
          FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
          CIS-V8 CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit... Clause: Control 06 – Access Control Management: 6.2 – Establish an Access Revoking Process
          CIS
          Best Practice
          vv8 View →
          COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.4 – Deliver, Service and Support (DSS) > DSS05 – Managed Security Services > DSS05.04 – Manage user identity and logical access. 4.4 – Deliver, Service and Support (DSS) > DSS05 – Managed Security Services > DSS05.07 – Manage vulnerabilities and monitor the infrastructure for
          COBIT
          Governance Framework
          v2019 View →
          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
          vCurrent View →
          IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.3-3.5 – Privileged User Accounts; §2.16-3.5 – User activity monitoring
          India
          Guideline
          vLatest View →
          ISO27002 ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a... Clause: 8.2 – Privileged access rights
          ISO
          Standard
          v2022 View →
          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
          vCurrent View →
          NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: PR.AA – Identity Management, Authentication, and Access Control | PR.AA-01 – Identities and credentials for authorized users, services, and hardware are managed by the organization 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
          v2 View →
          NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.1 – ACCESS CONTROL; AC-6 – LEAST PRIVILEGE
          NIST
          Control Catalog
          vRev. 5 View →
          NPCI-ISR NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont... Clause: Security Measures / Controls; Identity and Access Management
          India
          Standard
          vLatest View →
          PCI-DSS PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine... Clause: 8.2.8 – If a user session has been idle for more than
          PCI
          Standard
          v4 View →
          RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 8) User Access Control / Management – 8.5 Management, logging and monitoring of privileged/admin access
          India
          Regulation
          vLatest View →
          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
          vLatest View →
          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
          vLatest 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

          Parent Control Context

          Control Baseline
          Control Name:
          Privileged Access Management (IAM-003)
          Summary:
          Establishes comprehensive privileged access management including privileged account discovery, access control, session monitoring, credential vaulting, just-in-time access, and privileged activity logging.
          Business Description:
          Securely manage, control, and monitor access to administrative and other privileged accounts.