Assessment Objective

Determine if:

• MA-05a.
  • MA-05a.[01] a process for maintenance personnel authorization is established;
  • MA-05a.[02] a list of authorized maintenance organizations or personnel is maintained;
• MA-05b. non-escorted personnel performing maintenance on the system possess the required access authorizations;
• MA-05c. organizational personnel with required access authorizations and technical competence is/are designated to supervise the maintenance activities of personnel who do not possess the required access authorizations.

Assessment Methods

Examine

• Maintenance policy
• procedures addressing maintenance personnel
• service provider contracts
• service-level agreements
• list of authorized personnel
• maintenance records
• access control records
• system security plan
• other relevant documents or records

Interview

• Organizational personnel with system maintenance responsibilities
• organizational personnel with information security responsibilities

Test

• Organizational processes for authorizing and managing maintenance personnel
• mechanisms supporting and/or implementing authorization of maintenance personnel

Συνδεδεμένα ζητήματα

• NIST -

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