Assessment Objective

Determine if:

• SI-16 [Assignment: controls] are implemented to protect the system memory from unauthorized code execution.

Assessment Methods

Examine

• System and information integrity policy
• system and information integrity procedures
• procedures addressing memory protection for the system
• system design documentation
• system configuration settings and associated documentation
• list of security safeguards protecting system memory from unauthorized code execution
• system audit records
• system security plan
• other relevant documents or records

Interview

• Organizational personnel responsible for memory protection
• organizational personnel with information security responsibilities
• system/network administrators
• system developer

Test

• Automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing safeguards to protect the system memory from unauthorized code execution

Kwistjonijiet marbuta

• NIST -

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