Assessment Objective

Determine if:

• a process for maintenance personnel authorization is established.
• a list of authorized maintenance organizations or personnel is maintained.
• organizational personnel with required access authorizations are designated to supervise the maintenance activities of personnel who do not possess the required access authorizations.
• organizational personnel with required technical competence are designated to supervise the maintenance activities of personnel who do not possess the required access authorizations.
• non-escorted personnel who perform maintenance on the system possess the required access authorizations.

Assessment Methods

Examine

• maintenance policy and procedures
• service provider contracts
• service-level agreements
• list of authorized personnel
• maintenance records
• access control records
• system security plan
• other relevant documents or records

Interview

• personnel with system maintenance responsibilities
• personnel with information security responsibilities

Test

• processes for authorizing and managing maintenance personnel
• mechanisms for supporting or implementing the authorization of maintenance personnel

Gekoppelde issues

• NIST -

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