Dormant account disable
None of the held texts sets a fixed period on this consumer; every row below reads no period set by the text. Paste one job that feeds this consumer, for example dormant_account_sweep, weekly, and the register reads its period against the clocks below, names the gap in hours, and carries the question for its owner.
Matched on the job name or the consumer column by these words: dormant, inactive account, stale account, inactive user, disable inactive, dormant sweep.
The clock each rule sets
| Regime | Clock | Clause |
|---|---|---|
| SP 800-53 | no clock | SP 800-53 AC-2 Account managementa defined frequency |
| ISO 27001 | no clock | ISO 27001 5.18 Access rights |
| HIPAA | no clock | HIPAA 164.308(a)(4)(ii)(C) Access Establishment and Modification (Addressable) |
Questions this page answers
How often does NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 require dormant account disable?
The held text of SP 800-53 AC-2 (Account management) sets no fixed period: a defined frequency. Requires accounts to be managed across their full life cycle: permitted and prohibited account types defined, account managers assigned, membership prerequisites and approvals required, accounts created, modified, disabled and removed under documented criteria, usage monitored, and access reauthorized on a defined frequency.
How often does ISO/IEC 27001:2022 require dormant account disable?
The held text of ISO 27001 5.18 (Access rights) sets no fixed period: no period set by the text. Provision, review, modify and remove access rights in line with the access control policy.
How often does HIPAA Security Rule require dormant account disable?
The held text of HIPAA 164.308(a)(4)(ii)(C) (Access Establishment and Modification (Addressable)) sets no fixed period: no period set by the text. Implement policies that document, review, and modify a user's right of access. NIST recommends periodic recertification and just-in-time elevation for privileged tasks.
What does the register ask the owner of a dormant account disable job?
How many days of inactivity does the sweep use, and who set that number?
The clauses in full
Requires accounts to be managed across their full life cycle: permitted and prohibited account types defined, account managers assigned, membership prerequisites and approvals required, accounts created, modified, disabled and removed under documented criteria, usage monitored, and access reauthorized on a defined frequency.
What an assessor asks to see: Account type register showing which account types are permitted and which are prohibited; Provisioning and deprovisioning tickets carrying documented approval by the responsible party; Leaver reconciliation between the human resources record and account disablement dates; Periodic account recertification results with evidence that revocations were executed. Where it usually falls short: Shared and service accounts sit outside the joiner mover leaver process entirely
Provision, review, modify and remove access rights in line with the access control policy.
Guidance beside it, ISO 27002 5.18: Requires access rights to information and other associated assets to be provisioned, reviewed, modified and removed in accordance with the organisation's topic specific policy and rules on access control.
What an assessor asks to see: access_provision_records; access_review_reports; access_revocation_logs; role_definition_documents. Where it usually falls short: Reviews lack documented corrective actions
Implement policies that document, review, and modify a user's right of access. NIST recommends periodic recertification and just-in-time elevation for privileged tasks.
What an assessor asks to see: Quarterly access recertification reports; Modification approval records; Privileged access management logs; Manager attestations. Where it usually falls short: Recertification not performed
Requirement text quoted from the standards themselves, published at compliance.theartofservice.com, the same publisher as this register, read against the held text of each standard: our statement of each clause, not the instrument verbatim. Run this job through the register