CAIQ v4 Control IAM-01 Extractive Review Standard

How to answer 'Is access granted on the principle of least privilege?' on a CAIQ

Reviewer Guidance & Pitfalls

Describe Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), how roles are approved (manager + security owner sign-off), and how temporary elevated access (break-glass/just-in-time) is requested and expired.

Example Answer Passing Enterprise Audit

Compliant Response Template
Yes. Access to production systems is governed by Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) configured to least privilege. Temporary elevated access requires manager approval and automatically expires within 8 hours (SOC 2, CC6.2).

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