Assessment Objective

Determine if:

• CM-08a.
  • CM-08a.01 an inventory of system components that accurately reflects the system is developed and documented;
  • CM-08a.02 an inventory of system components that includes all components within the system is developed and documented;
  • CM-08a.03 an inventory of system components that does not include duplicate accounting of components or components assigned to any other system is developed and documented;
  • CM-08a.04 an inventory of system components that is at the level of granularity deemed necessary for tracking and reporting is developed and documented;
  • CM-08a.05 an inventory of system components that includes [Assignment: information] is developed and documented;
• CM-08b. the system component inventory is reviewed and updated [Assignment: frequency].

Assessment Methods

Examine

• Configuration management policy
• procedures addressing system component inventory
• configuration management plan
• system security plan
• system design documentation
• system component inventory
• inventory reviews and update records
• system security plan
• other relevant documents or records

Interview

• Organizational personnel with component inventory management responsibilities
• organizational personnel with information security responsibilities
• system/network administrators

Test

• Organizational processes for managing the system component inventory
• mechanisms supporting and/or implementing system component inventory

Linked Issues

• NIST -

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