Assessment Objective
Determine if:
- SC-36(01)(a) polling techniques are employed to identify potential faults, errors, or compromises to [Assignment: distributed processing and storage components];
- SC-36(01)(b) [Assignment: actions] are taken in response to identified faults, errors, or compromise.
Assessment Methods
Examine
- System and communications protection policy
- system design documentation
- system configuration settings and associated documentation
- system architecture
- list of distributed processing and storage components subject to polling
- system polling techniques and associated documentation or records
- system audit records
- system security plan
- other relevant documents or records
Interview
- System/network administrators
- organizational personnel with information security responsibilities
- organizational personnel installing, configuring, and/or maintaining the system
- system developers/integrators
Test
- Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing polling techniques
Linked Issues
| Linktype | Issue |
|---|---|
| blocks | SC-36(01) Polling Techniques |