+CM-11 User-installed Software
---+CM-11(02) Software Installation with Privileged Status
---+CM-11(03) Automated Enforcement and Monitoring

CM-11 User-installed Software

Control

  1. Establish [Assignement: policies] governing the installation of software by users;
  2. Enforce software installation policies through the following methods: [Assignement: methods] ; and
  3. Monitor policy compliance [Assignement: frequency].

Discussion

If provided the necessary privileges, users can install software in organizational systems. To maintain control over the software installed, organizations identify permitted and prohibited actions regarding software installation. Permitted software installations include updates and security patches to existing software and downloading new applications from organization-approved "app stores." Prohibited software installations include software with unknown or suspect pedigrees or software that organizations consider potentially malicious. Policies selected for governing user-installed software are organization-developed or provided by some external entity. Policy enforcement methods can include procedural methods and automated methods.

Assessment Objective

  1. [Assignement: policies] governing the installation of software by users are established;
  2. software installation policies are enforced through [Assignement: methods];
  3. compliance with [Assignement: policies] is monitored [Assignement: frequency].

Assessment Method

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

1. Panoramica

CM-11(02) Software Installation with Privileged Status

Control

Allow user installation of software only with explicit privileged status.

Discussion

Privileged status can be obtained, for example, by serving in the role of system administrator.

Assessment Objective

user installation of software is allowed only with explicit privileged status.

Assessment Method

Examine

Configuration management policy procedures addressing user-installed software configuration management plan system security plan system design documentation system configuration settings and associated documentation alerts/notifications of unauthorized software installations 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 with information security responsibilities system/network administrators
CM-11(03) Automated Enforcement and Monitoring

Control

Enforce and monitor compliance with software installation policies using [Assignement: organization-defined automated mechanisms].

Discussion

Organizations enforce and monitor compliance with software installation policies using automated mechanisms to more quickly detect and respond to unauthorized software installation which can be an indicator of an internal or external hostile attack.

Assessment Objective

  1. compliance with software installation policies is enforced using [Assignement: automated mechanisms];
  2. compliance with software installation policies is monitored using [Assignement: automated mechanisms].

Assessment Method

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

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1.2 Requisiti identificati

1.3 Regolamentazioni correlate

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Requisiti

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Regolamentazioni

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