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PR.AA-01 — Identities and credentials are managed

critical access-controlauthentication

Requirement

Identities and credentials for authorised users, services and hardware are managed by the organisation.

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

identitycredentialaccount

Required element 2 — any one of

managedprovisioninglifecycleuniquedirectoryprovision

Supporting terms — specificity signals

idpssoscimservice accountno sharedrotationsecrets manager

Contradiction markers

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

shared accounts shared credentials

Equivalent controls elsewhere

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

Framework	Control	Title	Shared topics
ISO 27001	A.5.15	Access control	access-control authentication
HIPAA	164.312(a)(1)	Access control — unique identification and emergency access (R/A)	access-control authentication
SOC 2	CC6.1	Logical access provisioning and restriction	access-control authentication
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
ISO 27001	A.5.17	Authentication information	authentication