Assessment Objective

Determine if:

• SA-21a. the developer of [Assignment: system, systems component, or system service] is required to have appropriate access authorizations as determined by assigned [Assignment: official government duties];
• SA-21b. the developer of [Assignment: system, systems component, or system service] is required to satisfy [Assignment: additional personnel screening criteria].

Assessment Methods

Examine

• System and services acquisition policy
• personnel security policy and procedures
• procedures addressing personnel screening
• system design documentation
• acquisition documentation
• service level agreements
• acquisition contracts for developer services
• system configuration settings and associated documentation
• list of appropriate access authorizations required by the developers of the system
• personnel screening criteria and associated documentation
• system security plan
• supply chain risk management plan
• other relevant documents or records

Interview

• Organizational personnel with system and service acquisition responsibilities
• organizational personnel with information security responsibilities
• organizational personnel responsible for developer screening

Test

• Organizational processes for developer screening
• mechanisms supporting developer screening

Συνδεδεμένα ζητήματα

• NIST -

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