Criticality High Active

Non-Human Identity Management

Establishes comprehensive management of non-human identities including service accounts, API identities, bots, certificates, and machine identities with inventory, ownership, credential management, and rotation.

Control ID
IAM-008
Domain Code
IAM
Control Nature
Preventive
Business Owner
IAM / Security Operations
Category
Technical
Compensating Control
No

Control Overview

IAM-008 · Full Control Profile
Business Description

Manage and secure non-human identities, including service accounts, API identities, bots, certificates, and machine identities.

Business Objective

To prevent compromise of machine identities and associated systems.

Business Benefits

    Business Risks if Missing

      Stakeholders, Industries & Technologies

      IAM-008 · Operating Context

      Primary Stakeholders

      Applicable Industries

      Applicable Technologies

      Mapped Regulatory & Industry Frameworks

      Harmonized Framework Mappings

      The following compliance and regulatory frameworks map directly to this control's governance scope.

      FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DESCRIPTION FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
      CIS-V8 CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit...
      CIS
      Best Practice
      vv8 View →
      COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f...
      COBIT
      Governance Framework
      v2019 View →
      DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis...
      EU
      Regulation
      vCurrent View →
      GDPR General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin...
      EU
      Regulation
      vCurrent View →
      HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA is a U.S. federal law supported by implement...
      US
      Law
      vCurrent View →
      IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements...
      India
      Guideline
      vLatest View →
      ISO27002 ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a...
      ISO
      Standard
      v2022 View →
      NIS2 NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri...
      EU
      Directive
      vCurrent View →
      NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev...
      NIST
      Framework
      v2 View →
      NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i...
      NIST
      Control Catalog
      vRev. 5 View →
      NPCI-ISR NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont...
      India
      Standard
      vLatest View →
      PCI-DSS PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine...
      PCI
      Standard
      v4 View →
      RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set...
      India
      Regulation
      vLatest View →
      SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor...
      India
      Regulation
      vLatest View →
      SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting...
      AICPA
      Audit Framework
      vLatest View →
      ISO27001 ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for...
      ISO
      Standard
      v2022 View →

      Parent Domain Context

      Governance Domain Baseline
      Domain Name:
      Identity & Access Management (IAM)
      Purpose:
      To ensure that only authorized users have appropriate access to systems and data.
      Scope:
      Enterprise

      Compliance Requirements & Audit Crosswalk

      10 Specific Audit Clauses

      The following requirements dictate specific audit evidence criteria and testing steps mapped directly under this control.

      REQUIREMENT ID REQUIREMENT TITLE & DETAILS MAPPED CONTROL TYPICAL OWNER ACTION
      IAM-008-R001 Non-Human Identity Framework The organization shall establish a non-h... IAM-008 Non-Human Identity Management Identity & Access Management, Platform Engineering, DevSecOps, Security Operations View ↗
      IAM-008-R002 Identity Inventory The organization shall identify and main... IAM-008 Non-Human Identity Management Identity & Access Management, Platform Engineering, DevSecOps, Security Operations View ↗
      IAM-008-R003 Identity Ownership The organization shall assign explicit o... IAM-008 Non-Human Identity Management Identity & Access Management, Platform Engineering, DevSecOps, Security Operations View ↗
      IAM-008-R004 Credential Management The organization shall manage credential... IAM-008 Non-Human Identity Management Identity & Access Management, Platform Engineering, DevSecOps, Security Operations View ↗
      IAM-008-R005 Secret Rotation The organization shall regularly rotate... IAM-008 Non-Human Identity Management Identity & Access Management, Platform Engineering, DevSecOps, Security Operations View ↗
      IAM-008-R006 Certificate Lifecycle The organization shall manage the lifecy... IAM-008 Non-Human Identity Management Identity & Access Management, Platform Engineering, DevSecOps, Security Operations View ↗
      IAM-008-R007 Machine Identity Monitoring The organization shall monitor machine i... IAM-008 Non-Human Identity Management Identity & Access Management, Platform Engineering, DevSecOps, Security Operations View ↗
      IAM-008-R008 Identity Review The organization shall conduct periodic... IAM-008 Non-Human Identity Management Identity & Access Management, Platform Engineering, DevSecOps, Security Operations View ↗
      IAM-008-R009 Non-Human Identity Reporting The organization shall report on non-hum... IAM-008 Non-Human Identity Management Identity & Access Management, Platform Engineering, DevSecOps, Security Operations View ↗
      IAM-008-R010 Non-Human Identity Continuous Improvement The organization shall drive ongoing enh... IAM-008 Non-Human Identity Management Identity & Access Management, Platform Engineering, DevSecOps, Security Operations View ↗