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CSC V8 control 5.5 – Establish and Maintain an Inventory of Service Accounts

Overview

CSC V8 control 5.5 recommends that organisations “Establish and maintain an inventory of service accounts. The inventory, at a minimum, must contain department owner, review date, and purpose. Perform service account reviews to validate that all active accounts are authorized, on a recurring schedule at a minimum quarterly, or more frequently.”.

Note

CSC V8 places this control in the category of “Account Management”.

CSC V8 places this control in the function of “Identify”.

This control protects the following type of asset “Users”.

What is CIS Critical Security Controls?

The CIS Controls (formerly known as Critical Security Controls) are a recommended set of actions for cyber defense that provide specific and actionable ways to protect against cyber attacks.

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) publishes the CIS Critical Security Controls (CSC) to help organizations better defend against known attacks by distilling key security concepts into actionable controls to achieve greater overall cybersecurity defense.

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Updated on July 16, 2022
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