2.6.1: Create guidelines for access control

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Create guidelines for access control. a) The guidelines should cover as many of the organisation ’s resources as possible: users, clients, shared folders, server applications, servers, network devices, security devices and databases. b) The guidelines should follow the principle of least privilege: do not give end users, service accounts, developers or system managers any more privileges than necessary. Not everyone needs access to everything. And if someone does need access, it is often sufficient to give them read privileges. Not everyone needs to be able to write, delete and execute everything. c) It should be possible to trace every account to the responsible user (including non-personalised accounts without personal names). d) All accounts, access rights and privileges should be traced to a responsible role and the individual who approved it. e) Accounts, access rights and privileges should be revised regularly. This is especially critical for accounts, access rights and privileges for system management and special users. f) Reuse identities whenever one can across systems, sub-systems and applications (ideally with single sign-on). g) Remind users that it is their responsibility to keep passwords personal and secret and to never share them with anyone, including close colleagues or superiors. Users should also screen-lock their clients when leaving them.

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Create guidelines for access control. a) The guidelines should cover as many of the organisation ’s resources as possible: users, clients, shared folders, server applications, servers, network devices, security devices and databases. b) The guidelines should follow the principle of least privilege: do not give end users, service accounts, developers or system managers any more privileges than necessary. Not everyone needs access to everything. And if someone does need access, it is often sufficient to give them read privileges. Not everyone needs to be able to write, delete and execute everything. c) It should be possible to trace every account to the responsible user (including non-personalised accounts without personal names). d) All accounts, access rights and privileges should be traced to a responsible role and the individual who approved it. e) Accounts, access rights and privileges should be revised regularly. This is especially critical for accounts, access rights and privileges for system management and special users. f) Reuse identities whenever one can across systems, sub-systems and applications (ideally with single sign-on). g) Remind users that it is their responsibility to keep passwords personal and secret and to never share them with anyone, including close colleagues or superiors. Users should also screen-lock their clients when leaving them.

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2.6.1: Create guidelines for access control
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NSM ICT Security Principles (Norway)
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Regular reviewing of data system access rights
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Guidelines for password safety for personnel
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Security guidelines

Guidelines for password safety for personnel

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Reusing identities across systems, sub-systems and applications
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System management
Access control and authentication

Reusing identities across systems, sub-systems and applications

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Managing shared user credential through password management system
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Defining and documenting access roles
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Using unique user names
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