Assessment Objective
Determine if:
- SC-34a. the operating environment for [Assignment: system components] is loaded and executed from hardware-enforced, read-only media;
- SC-34b. [Assignment: applications] for [Assignment: system components] are loaded and executed from hardware-enforced, read-only media.
Assessment Methods
Examine
- System and communications protection policy
- procedures addressing non-modifiable executable programs
- system design documentation
- system configuration settings and associated documentation
- system architecture
- list of operating system components to be loaded from hardware-enforced, read-only media
- list of applications to be loaded from hardware-enforced, read-only media
- media used to load and execute the system operating environment
- media used to load and execute system applications
- system audit records
- system security plan
- other relevant documents or records
Interview
- System/network administrators
- organizational personnel with information security responsibilities
- system developer
- organizational personnel installing, configuring, and/or maintaining the system
- system developers/integrators
Test
- Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing, loading, and executing the operating environment from hardware-enforced, read-only media
- mechanisms supporting and/or implementing, loading, and executing applications from hardware-enforced, read-only media
Incidencias vinculadas
| Tipo de vínculo | Incidencia |
|---|---|
| blocks | SC-34 Non-modifiable Executable Programs |