← ISO 27001 · A.5 — Organisational

A.5.18 — Access rights review

high access-reviewaccess-control

Requirement

Access rights to information and other associated assets shall be reviewed, and modified or removed, in accordance with the organisation's topic-specific policy and rules for access control.

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
access reviewrecertif…entitlement reviewperiodic review
Required element 2 — any one of
quarterlyannualperiodicsemi-annualeveryperiodically
Supporting terms — specificity signals
attestationmanager sign-offrevokedevidenceprivileged review
Contradiction markers

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

no access reviews reviews are not performed

Equivalent controls elsewhere

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

FrameworkControlTitleShared topics
PCI DSS 4.0.1 7.2 Access granted by least privilege and reviewed every six months access-control access-review
HIPAA 164.308(a)(4)(ii)(C) Access establishment and modification (A) access-review access-control
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
PCI DSS 4.0.1 8.2 Unique IDs and user account lifecycle access-control