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Trust Relationships

The organization shall establish and manage trust relationships with identity providers, service providers, and other external entities that require identity federation. Trust relationships shall include configuration of federation agreements, establishment of trust protocols, and management of federation metadata.

Requirement ID
IAM-006-R002
Parent Control
Domain Code

Requirement Details & Guidance

IAM-006-R002 · IAM-006
Why This Requirement Exists

This requirement exists to establish and manage secure trust with identity providers, service providers, and other federation entities 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 establish and manage secure trust with identity providers, service providers, and other federation entities. 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-006-R002 · Field Guidance

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        Best Practices & Ownership

        IAM-006 · Recommended Approach

        Recommended Practices

          Typical Owner

          Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

          Harmonized Control Mappings
          FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
          IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.3-3.1 – User Identification and Accounts
          India
          Guideline
          vLatest View →
          RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 8) User Access Control / Management – 8.4 Centralised authentication/authorization, strong passwords, MFA, least privilege and segregation of duties; 9) Authentication Framework for Customers – 9.3 Bank as identity provider for partner-system customer access using secure authentication
          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 →
          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 Article 9(4)(d) – Strong authentication, cryptographic keys and encryption
          EU
          Regulation
          vCurrent 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: 3.7 – IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION; IA-8 – IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION (NON-ORGANIZATIONAL USERS)
          NIST
          Control Catalog
          vRev. 5 View →
          CIS-V8 CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit... Clause: Control 06 – Access Control Management: 6.7 – Centralize Access Control
          CIS
          Best Practice
          vv8 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 →
          SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: CC6.1 – Logical and Physical Access Controls – The entity implements logical access security software, infrastructure, and architectures over protected information assets to protect them from security events to meet the entity's objectives. CC6.2 – Logical and Physical Access Controls – Prior to issuing system credentials and granting system access, the entity registers and authorizes new internal and external users whose access is administered by the entity. For those users whose access is administered by the entity, user system credentials are removed when user access is no longer authorized.
          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:
          Federation & Single Sign-On (SSO) (IAM-006)
          Summary:
          Establishes identity federation and Single Sign-On capabilities enabling secure cross-domain authentication, reduced password fatigue, and improved user experience across applications.
          Business Description:
          Manage identity federation and implement Single Sign-On for a seamless and secure user experience.