Attribute Configuration by Authorized Individuals
LOW MODERATE HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
Provide authorized individuals the capability to define or change the type and value of security and privacy attributes available for association with subjects and objects.
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)
The content or assigned values of security and privacy attributes can directly affect the ability of individuals to access organizational information. Thus, it is important for systems to be able to limit the ability to create or modify the type and value of attributes available for association with subjects and objects to authorized individuals only.
Implementation Guidance
Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.
No engineering interpretation has been authored for AC-16(10) yet. This section is architected to receive it — see the Requirements and Assessment sections above for the authoritative NIST source content in the meantime.
Assessment
Assessment Objectives
- authorized individuals are provided with the capability to define or change the type and value of security attributes available for association with subjects and objects;
- authorized individuals are provided with the capability to define or change the type and value of privacy attributes available for association with subjects and objects.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: Access control policy; procedures addressing configuration of security and privacy attributes by authorized individuals; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; system audit records; system security plan; privacy plan; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with responsibilities for defining or changing security and privacy attributes associated with information; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities; system developers].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Mechanisms implementing capability for defining or changing security and privacy attributes].
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for AC-16(10). This section is architected to display, per product: STIG ID, Finding ID, Severity, Title, Description, Check, Fix, CCI, and NIST control mapping — but nothing is populated here until a real DISA STIG/CCI dataset is ingested.
Learn more about STIG/CCI integration →Evidence
Categorized from the SP 800-53A "Examine"/"Test" artifact list above by keyword — not an authoritative NIST evidence list.
Policy
- Access control policy
- system security plan
- privacy plan
Configuration
- procedures addressing configuration of security and privacy attributes by authorized individuals
- system design documentation
- system configuration settings and associated documentation
Testing
- Mechanisms implementing capability for defining or changing security and privacy attributes
Other Records
- system audit records
- other relevant documents or records