Assessment Objective
Determine if:
- CM-11(02) user installation of software is allowed only with explicit privileged status.
Assessment Methods
Examine
- Configuration management policy
- procedures addressing user-installed software
- configuration management plan
- system security plan
- system design documentation
- system configuration settings and associated documentation
- alerts/notifications of unauthorized software installations
- system audit records
- continuous monitoring strategy
- system security plan
- other relevant documents or records
Interview
- Organizational personnel with responsibilities for governing user-installed software
- organizational personnel operating, using, and/or maintaining the system
- organizational personnel with information security responsibilities
- system/network administrators
Test
- Organizational processes governing user-installed software on the system
- mechanisms for prohibiting installation of software without privileged status (e.g., access controls)
Linkede sager
| Linktype | Sag |
|---|---|
| blocks | CM-11(02) Software Installation with Privileged Status |