Unauthorized Replication of Information
LOW MODERATE HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
Employ discovery techniques, processes, and tools to determine if external entities are replicating organizational information in an unauthorized manner.
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)
The unauthorized use or replication of organizational information by external entities can cause adverse impacts on organizational operations and assets, including damage to reputation. Such activity can include the replication of an organizational website by an adversary or hostile threat actor who attempts to impersonate the web-hosting organization. Discovery tools, techniques, and processes used to determine if external entities are replicating organizational information in an unauthorized manner include scanning external websites, monitoring social media, and training staff to recognize the unauthorized use of organizational information.
Implementation Guidance
Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.
No engineering interpretation has been authored for AU-13(3) 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
- discovery techniques, processes, and tools are employed to determine if external entities are replicating organizational information in an unauthorized manner.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: Audit and accountability policy; system security plan; privacy plan; procedures addressing information disclosure monitoring; procedures addressing information replication; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; system audit records; training resources for staff to recognize the unauthorized use of organizational information; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with responsibilities for monitoring unauthorized replication of information; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Discovery tools for identifying unauthorized information replication].
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for AU-13(3). 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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Categorized from the SP 800-53A "Examine"/"Test" artifact list above by keyword — not an authoritative NIST evidence list.
Policy
- Audit and accountability policy
- system security plan
- privacy plan
Configuration
- system design documentation
- system configuration settings and associated documentation
Testing
- Discovery tools for identifying unauthorized information replication
Other Records
- procedures addressing information disclosure monitoring
- procedures addressing information replication
- system audit records
- training resources for staff to recognize the unauthorized use of organizational information
- other relevant documents or records