Assessment Objective

Determine if:

• MA-04a.
  • MA-04a.[01] nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic activities are approved;
  • MA-04a.[02] nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic activities are monitored;
• MA-04b.
  • MA-04b.[01] the use of nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic tools are allowed only as consistent with organizational policy;
  • MA-04b.[02] the use of nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic tools are documented in the security plan for the system;
• MA-04c. strong authentication is employed in the establishment of nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic sessions;
• MA-04d. records for nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic activities are maintained;
• MA-04e.
  • MA-04e.[01] session connections are terminated when nonlocal maintenance is completed;
  • MA-04e.[02] network connections are terminated when nonlocal maintenance is completed.

Assessment Methods

Examine

• Maintenance policy
• procedures addressing nonlocal system maintenance
• remote access policy
• remote access procedures
• system design documentation
• system configuration settings and associated documentation
• maintenance records
• records of remote access
• diagnostic records
• system security plan
• other relevant documents or records

Interview

• Organizational personnel with system maintenance responsibilities
• organizational personnel with information security responsibilities
• system/network administrators

Test

• Organizational processes for managing nonlocal maintenance
• mechanisms implementing, supporting, and/or managing nonlocal maintenance
• mechanisms for strong authentication of nonlocal maintenance diagnostic sessions
• mechanisms for terminating nonlocal maintenance sessions and network connections

Powiązane zgłoszenia

• NIST -

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