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CM-05(05) Privilege Limitation for Production and Operation

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
All changes in this version
unchanged CM part of CM-5

Title

Privilege Limitation for Production and Operation

Control

(a) Limit privileges to change system components and system-related information within a production or operational environment; and
(b) Review and reevaluate privileges [Assignment: organization-defined frequency].

Discussion

In many organizations, systems support multiple mission and business functions. Limiting privileges to change system components with respect to operational systems is necessary because changes to a system component may have far-reaching effects on mission and business processes supported by the system. The relationships between systems and mission/business processes are, in some cases, unknown to developers. System-related information includes operational procedures.

Parameters

cm-5.5_prm_1: organization-defined frequency
cm-05.05_odp.01: frequency
cm-05.05_odp.02: frequency

Related controls

ac-2

STIG rules that implement this control 0

No followed STIG rule cites a CCI indexed to this control (CCI list 2026-07-14).