AC-6(4): Separate Processing Domains
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- NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 4:
- AC-6(4): Separate Processing Domains
Control Statement
Provide separate processing domains to enable finer-grained allocation of user privileges.
Supplemental Guidance
Providing separate processing domains for finer-grained allocation of user privileges includes using virtualization techniques to permit additional user privileges within a virtual machine while restricting privileges to other virtual machines or to the underlying physical machine, implementing separate physical domains, and employing hardware or software domain separation mechanisms.