Assessment Objective
Determine if:
- CM-11a. [Assignment: policies] governing the installation of software by users are established;
- CM-11b. software installation policies are enforced through [Assignment: methods];
- CM-11c. compliance with [Assignment: policies] is monitored [Assignment: frequency].
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
- list of rules governing user installed software
- system monitoring records
- 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 monitoring compliance with user-installed software policy
- organizational personnel with information security responsibilities
- system/network administrators
Test
- Organizational processes governing user-installed software on the system
- mechanisms enforcing policies and methods for governing the installation of software by users
- mechanisms monitoring policy compliance
Linked Issues
| Linktype | Issue |
|---|---|
| blocks | CM-11 [M] User-installed Software |