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164.308(a)(4)(ii)(C) — Access establishment and modification (A)

high access-reviewaccess-control

Requirement

Implement policies and procedures that, based upon the entity's access authorisation policies, establish, document, review and modify a user's right of access to a workstation, transaction, programme or process.

What the engine looks for

Every group below must be satisfied — by an affirmative statement, not a plan, a hedge or a denial — for the control to count as covered. A term ending in … matches any word it begins. Supporting terms do not change the verdict — they raise confidence and distinguish a policy that names a mechanism from one that gestures at a category.

Required element 1 — any one of
reviewmodif…recertif…
Required element 2 — any one of
accessright of accessentitlement
Supporting terms — specificity signals
periodicquarterlyannualdocumentedrole changerevokedperiodically
Contradiction markers

Finding any of these outranks coverage — a policy that admits the gap is worse than silence.

no access reviews

Equivalent controls elsewhere

Matched on shared topics. Satisfying this control usually moves these too.

FrameworkControlTitleShared topics
ISO 27001 A.5.18 Access rights review access-review access-control
PCI DSS 4.0.1 7.2 Access granted by least privilege and reviewed every six months access-control access-review
GLBA 314.4(c)(1) Access controls on customer information access-control access-review
SOC 2 CC6.3 Access modification and removal access-control access-review
GDPR Art.29 Processing under the authority of the controller access-control
CCPA/CPRA 1798.100(e) & 1798.150 Reasonable security procedures access-control
SOC 2 CC6.2 Registration and authorisation of new users access-control
ISO 27001 A.5.3 Segregation of duties access-control