Maintenance of Attribute Association
LOW MODERATE HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
Require personnel to associate and maintain the association of [organization-defined security and privacy attributes] with [organization-defined subjects and objects] in accordance with [organization-defined security and privacy policies].
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)
Maintaining attribute association requires individual users (as opposed to the system) to maintain associations of defined security and privacy attributes with subjects and objects.
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(6) 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
- security attributes to be associated with subjects are defined;
- security attributes to be associated with objects are defined;
- privacy attributes to be associated with subjects are defined;
- privacy attributes to be associated with objects are defined;
- subjects to be associated with information security attributes are defined;
- objects to be associated with information security attributes are defined;
- subjects to be associated with privacy attributes are defined;
- objects to be associated with privacy attributes are defined;
- security policies that require personnel to associate and maintain the association of security and privacy attributes with subjects and objects;
- privacy policies that require personnel to associate and maintain the association of security and privacy attributes with subjects and objects;
- personnel are required to associate and maintain the association of <AC-16(06)_ODP[01] security attributes> with <AC-16(06)_ODP[05] subjects> in accordance with <AC-16(06)_ODP[09] security policies>;
- personnel are required to associate and maintain the association of <AC-16(06)_ODP[02] security attributes> with <AC-16(06)_ODP[06] objects> in accordance with <AC-16(06)_ODP[09] security policies>;
- personnel are required to associate and maintain the association of <AC-16(06)_ODP[03] privacy attributes> with <AC-16(06)_ODP[07] subjects> in accordance with <AC-16(06)_ODP[10] privacy policies>;
- personnel are required to associate and maintain the association of <AC-16(06)_ODP[04] privacy attributes> with <AC-16(06)_ODP[08] objects> in accordance with <AC-16(06)_ODP[10] privacy policies>.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: Access control policy; procedures addressing association of security and privacy attributes with subjects and objects; system security plan; privacy plan; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with responsibilities for associating and maintaining association of security and privacy attributes with subjects and objects; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities; system developers].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Mechanisms supporting associations of security and privacy attributes to subjects and objects].
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for AC-16(6). 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
Testing
- Mechanisms supporting associations of security and privacy attributes to subjects and objects
Other Records
- procedures addressing association of security and privacy attributes with subjects and objects
- other relevant documents or records