Assessment Objective

Determine if:

• the providers of external system services used for the processing, storage, or transmission of CUI comply with the following security requirements: [Assignment: security requirements].
• processes, methods, and techniques to monitor security requirement compliance by external service providers on an ongoing basis are implemented.
• user roles and responsibilities with regard to external system services, including shared responsibilities with external service providers, are defined and documented.

Assessment Methods

Examine

• system and services acquisition policy and procedures
• procedures for monitoring security requirement compliance by external service providers
• acquisition documentation
• contracts
• service-level agreements
• interagency agreements
• licensing agreements
• list of security requirements for external provider services
• assessment results or reports from external service providers
• SCRM plan
• system security plan
• other relevant documents or records

Interview

• personnel with acquisition responsibilities
• external providers of system services
• personnel with SCRM responsibilities
• personnel with information security responsibilities

Test

• organizational processes for monitoring security and privacy control compliance by external service providers on an ongoing basis
• mechanisms for monitoring security and privacy control compliance by external service providers on an ongoing basis

Linkede sager

• NIST -

  https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/53/r5/upd1/final