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User Access Review

What is User Access Review?

A periodic examination of user access rights across systems to verify that permissions are appropriate and no unauthorized access exists.

Information Security

What the standards actually require on user access review

Requirements naming user access review across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.

Recertify user access against least privilege and separation of duties at a frequency set by the organisation's risk tolerance, and withdraw what is no longer justified.

CCM-IAM-08 · User Access Review →

Baseline control principles for access control (required of every AI (minimum for a low inherent risk)). Identification and authentication govern access to systems, applications and hardware;

hkma-cyber-resilience-assessment-framework-c-raf::3.1.B · 3.1 Access control: baseline level →

Logging and monitoring: a process follows every access to the network and to system components. Level 1 (a to h): audit trails of what privileged administrators do on every system and network component; fault logging; logging of changes; event logging;

mtcs-singapore::13.2 · Logging and monitoring process →

Questions people ask about user access review

What is User Access Review?
A periodic examination of user access rights across systems to verify that permissions are appropriate and no unauthorized access exists.
Why is User Access Review important for compliance?
User Access Review is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding user access review helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address User Access Review?
User Access Review appears in the requirement text of Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1, HKMA Cyber Resilience Assessment Framework (C-RAF), MTCS (Singapore). Across these standards we have identified 3 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about User Access Review?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how user access review applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

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