# IA-04 (04) Identify User Status — NIST 800-53 Rev5 control

> FedRAMP Consolidated Rules for 2026 v2026.07.14.01 · updated 2026-07-14
> Canonical page: /control/ia-4.4

Canonical id: `ia-4.4` · family `IA`

> Manage individual identifiers by uniquely identifying each individual as [characteristics].

_Control title and statement: NIST SP 800-53 Rev5 catalog (the pinned commit is in `/api` under `control_text`). The FedRAMP rules reference these controls by id only; everything below is what FedRAMP says about this id._

## Rev5 baseline membership

- certification class C
- certification class D

## Key Security Indicators that reach it

- `KSI-IAM-AAM` — Automating Account Management (Identity and Access Management)
  The lifecycle and privileges of all accounts, roles, and groups are securely managed using automation.
- `KSI-IAM-ELP` — Ensuring Least Privilege (Identity and Access Management)
  Identity and access management measures are used and persistently reviewed to ensure each user or device can only access the resources they need.
- `KSI-IAM-JIT` — Authorizing Just-in-Time (Identity and Access Management)
  A least-privileged, role and attribute-based, and just-in-time security authorization model is used and persistently reviewed for all user and non-user accounts and services.

## FedRAMP guidance

{
  "parameters": [
    {
      "parameterId": "ia-04.04_odp",
      "value": "contractors; foreign nationals"
    }
  ]
}