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Portable Storage Devices — Prohibited Use

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Prohibit the use of organization-controlled portable storage devices by authorized individuals on external systems.

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Limits on the use of organization-controlled portable storage devices in external systems include a complete prohibition of the use of such devices. Prohibiting such use is enforced using technical methods and/or nontechnical (i.e., process-based) methods.

Implementation Guidance

Engineering Interpretation

Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.

No engineering interpretation has been authored for AC-20(5) 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

NIST SP 800-53A REV 5.2.0

Assessment Objectives

  1. the use of organization-controlled portable storage devices by authorized individuals is prohibited on external systems.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Access control policy; procedures addressing use of portable storage devices in external systems; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; system connection or processing agreements; system audit records; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with responsibilities for prohibiting the use of portable storage devices in external systems; system/network administrators; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control AC-20 — see the AC-20(5) entries within each baseline below.

OT/ICS Overlay SP 800-82r3

NIST SP 800-82r3 Appendix F, Table 22. Blank baseline means the control/control enhancement is not selected in that initial OT baseline.

LOW

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)

MODERATE

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (1) (2)

HIGH

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (1) (2)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for AC-20(5). 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.

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Evidence

Potential Evidence — Derived

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

Configuration

  • system design documentation
  • system configuration settings and associated documentation

Other Records

  • procedures addressing use of portable storage devices in external systems
  • system connection or processing agreements
  • system audit records
  • other relevant documents or records