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Process Requirements for Information Transfer

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

When transferring information between different security domains, the process that transfers information between filter pipelines:

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

The processes transferring information between filter pipelines have minimum complexity and functionality to provide assurance that the processes operate correctly.

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-4(32) 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. when transferring information between different security domains, the process that transfers information between filter pipelines does not filter message content;
  2. when transferring information between different security domains, the process that transfers information between filter pipelines validates filtering metadata;
  3. when transferring information between different security domains, the process that transfers information between filter pipelines ensures that the content with the filtering metadata has successfully completed filtering;
  4. when transferring information between different security domains, the process that transfers information between filter pipelines transfers the content to the destination filter pipeline.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Information flow enforcement policy; procedures addressing information flow enforcement; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; system audit records; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with information flow enforcement responsibilities; system/network administrators; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Mechanisms implementing information flow enforcement functions; mechanisms implementing content filtering].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control AC-4 — see the AC-4(32) 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

Not applicable at this tier.

MODERATE

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)

HIGH

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (4)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for AC-4(32). 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

  • Information flow enforcement policy
  • system security plan

Configuration

  • system design documentation
  • system configuration settings and associated documentation

Testing

  • Mechanisms implementing information flow enforcement functions
  • mechanisms implementing content filtering

Other Records

  • procedures addressing information flow enforcement
  • system audit records
  • other relevant documents or records