Assessment Objective

Determine if:

• AC-20(01)(a) authorized individuals are permitted to use an external system to access the system or to process, store, or transmit organization-controlled information only after verification of the implementation of controls on the external system as specified in the organization’s security and privacy policies and security and privacy plans (if applicable);
• AC-20(01)(b) authorized individuals are permitted to use an external system to access the system or to process, store, or transmit organization-controlled information only after retention of approved system connection or processing agreements with the organizational entity hosting the external system (if applicable).

Assessment Methods

Examine

• Access control policy
• procedures addressing the use of external systems
• system connection or processing agreements
• account management documents
• system security plan
• other relevant documents or records

Interview

• System/network administrators
• organizational personnel with information security responsibilities

Test

• Mechanisms implementing limits on use of external systems

Συνδεδεμένα ζητήματα

• NIST -

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