Knowledge / identity hardening acsc-glossary

Need-to-know

Access only to the data the role actually requires. Broad file shares are a rumour mill with NTFS.

LEAST PRIVILEGEstanding admin = standing blast radiusNeedroleTimeJIT / expiryApprovelogged

Need-to-know restricts a person to the information their duties require. It is least privilege applied to data, not just admin rights.

Open shared drives, 'everyone' groups, and forwarded mailboxes are how you fail it without a hostile actor in the building.

Fact source: ASD's ACSC glossary.