+CM-10 Software Usage Restrictions
---+CM-10(01) Open-source Software

CM-10 Software Usage Restrictions

Control

  1. Use software and associated documentation in accordance with contract agreements and copyright laws;
  2. Track the use of software and associated documentation protected by quantity licenses to control copying and distribution; and
  3. Control and document the use of peer-to-peer file sharing technology to ensure that this capability is not used for the unauthorized distribution, display, performance, or reproduction of copyrighted work.

Discussion

Software license tracking can be accomplished by manual or automated methods, depending on organizational needs. Examples of contract agreements include software license agreements and non-disclosure agreements.

Assessment Objective

  1. software and associated documentation are used in accordance with contract agreements and copyright laws;
  2. the use of software and associated documentation protected by quantity licenses is tracked to control copying and distribution;
  3. the use of peer-to-peer file sharing technology is controlled and documented to ensure that peer-to-peer file sharing is not used for the unauthorized distribution, display, performance, or reproduction of copyrighted work.

Assessment Method

Examine

Configuration management policy software usage restrictions software contract agreements and copyright laws site license documentation list of software usage restrictions software license tracking reports configuration management plan system security plan system security plan other relevant documents or records

Interview

Organizational personnel operating, using, and/or maintaining the system organizational personnel with software license management responsibilities organizational personnel with information security responsibilities system/network administrators

1. Overview

CM-10(01) Open-source Software

Control

Establish the following restrictions on the use of open-source software: [Assignement: restrictions].

Discussion

Open-source software refers to software that is available in source code form. Certain software rights normally reserved for copyright holders are routinely provided under software license agreements that permit individuals to study, change, and improve the software. From a security perspective, the major advantage of open-source software is that it provides organizations with the ability to examine the source code. In some cases, there is an online community associated with the software that inspects, tests, updates, and reports on issues found in software on an ongoing basis. However, remediating vulnerabilities in open-source software may be problematic. There may also be licensing issues associated with open-source software, including the constraints on derivative use of such software. Open-source software that is available only in binary form may increase the level of risk in using such software.

Assessment Objective

[Assignement: restrictions] are established for the use of open-source software.

Assessment Method

Examine

Configuration management policy software usage restrictions software contract agreements and copyright laws site license documentation list of software usage restrictions software license tracking reports configuration management plan system security plan system security plan other relevant documents or records

Interview

Organizational personnel operating, using, and/or maintaining the system organizational personnel with software license management responsibilities organizational personnel with information security responsibilities system/network administrators

1.1 References

1.2 Identified Requirements

1.3 Related Regulations

2. Identified Requirements

Requirements

3. Related Regulations

Regulations

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    EN: Publications of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce, https://www.nist.gov/, from their electronic versions (OSCAL; SP 800-63-4 from its HTML version, https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/). Works of NIST employees are not subject to copyright protection in the United States (17 U.S.C. § 105); the OSCAL content is dedicated to the public domain worldwide (CC0 1.0); outside the United States NIST grants the right to reprint its technical series publications in all formats (NIST copyright statement). Republished courtesy of the National Institute of Standards and Technology; each document names its citation. Divided into sections and converted into the GRCA format, the wording unchanged. Only the versions published by NIST are authoritative.

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