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Automated Tools to Support Information Location

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Use automated tools to identify [information by information type] on [system components] to ensure controls are in place to protect organizational information and individual privacy.

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

The use of automated tools helps to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the information location capability implemented within the system. Automation also helps organizations manage the data produced during information location activities and share such information across the organization. The output of automated information location tools can be used to guide and inform system architecture and design decisions.

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 CM-12(1) 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. information to be protected is defined by information type;
  2. system components where the information is located are defined;
  3. automated tools are used to identify <CM-12(01)_ODP[01] information by information type> on <CM-12(01)_ODP[02] system components> to ensure that controls are in place to protect organizational information and individual privacy.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Configuration management policy; procedures addressing identification and documentation of information location; configuration management plan; system design documentation; PII inventory documentation; data mapping documentation; change control records; system component inventory; system security plan; privacy plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with responsibilities for managing information location; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; system/network administrators; system developers].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes governing information location; automated mechanisms enforcing policies and methods for governing information location; automated tools used to identify information on system components].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control CM-12 — see the CM-12(1) 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)
  • Included: (1)

HIGH

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

STIGs & CCIs

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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

  • system security plan
  • privacy plan

Configuration

  • Configuration management policy
  • configuration management plan
  • system design documentation
  • PII inventory documentation
  • system component inventory

Testing

  • Organizational processes governing information location
  • automated mechanisms enforcing policies and methods for governing information location
  • automated tools used to identify information on system components

Other Records

  • procedures addressing identification and documentation of information location
  • data mapping documentation
  • change control records
  • other relevant documents or records