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Facility Penetration Testing

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Employ a penetration testing process that includes [frequency][one of: announced; unannounced] attempts to bypass or circumvent controls associated with physical access points to the facility.

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Penetration testing of physical access points can provide information on critical vulnerabilities in the operating environments of organizational systems. Such information can be used to correct weaknesses or deficiencies in physical controls that are necessary to protect organizational systems.

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 CA-8(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

NIST SP 800-53A REV 5.2.0

Assessment Objectives

  1. frequency at which to employ penetration testing that attempts to bypass or circumvent controls associated with physical access points to the facility is defined;
  2. one or more of the following PARAMETER VALUES is/are selected: {announced; unannounced};
  3. the penetration testing process includes <CA-08(03)_ODP[01] frequency> <CA-08(03)_ODP[02] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUES> attempts to bypass or circumvent controls associated with physical access points to facility.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Assessment, authorization, and monitoring policy; procedures addressing penetration testing; procedures addressing red team exercises; assessment plan; results of red team exercises; penetration test report; assessment report; rules of engagement; assessment evidence; system security plan; privacy plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with assessment responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities; system/network administrators].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Automated mechanisms supporting the employment of red team exercises].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control CA-8 — see the CA-8(3) 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

Not applicable at this tier.

HIGH

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

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for CA-8(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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Evidence

Potential Evidence — Derived

Categorized from the SP 800-53A "Examine"/"Test" artifact list above by keyword — not an authoritative NIST evidence list.

Policy

  • Assessment, authorization, and monitoring policy
  • assessment plan
  • system security plan
  • privacy plan

Testing

  • Automated mechanisms supporting the employment of red team exercises

Other Records

  • procedures addressing penetration testing
  • procedures addressing red team exercises
  • results of red team exercises
  • penetration test report
  • assessment report
  • rules of engagement
  • assessment evidence
  • other relevant documents or records