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Configure Systems and Components for High-risk Areas

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

When it is known that systems or system components will be in high-risk areas external to the organization, additional controls may be implemented to counter the increased threat in such areas. For example, organizations can take actions for notebook computers used by individuals departing on and returning from travel. Actions include determining the locations that are of concern, defining the required configurations for the components, ensuring that components are configured as intended before travel is initiated, and applying controls to the components after travel is completed. Specially configured notebook computers include computers with sanitized hard drives, limited applications, and more stringent configuration settings. Controls applied to mobile devices upon return from travel include examining the mobile device for signs of physical tampering and purging and reimaging disk drives. Protecting information that resides on mobile devices is addressed in the MP (Media Protection) family.

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-2(7) 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 systems or system components to be issued when individuals travel to high-risk areas are defined;
  2. configurations for systems or system components to be issued when individuals travel to high-risk areas are defined;
  3. the controls to be applied when the individuals return from travel are defined;
  4. <CM-02(07)_ODP[01] systems or system components> with <CM-02(07)_ODP[02] configurations> are issued to individuals traveling to locations that the organization deems to be of significant risk;
  5. <CM-02(07)_ODP[03] controls> are applied to the systems or system components when the individuals return from travel.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Configuration management policy; configuration management plan; procedures addressing the baseline configuration of the system; procedures addressing system component installations and upgrades; system architecture and configuration documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; system component inventory; records of system baseline configuration reviews and updates; system component installations/upgrades and associated records; change control records; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

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

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for managing baseline configurations].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control CM-2 — see the CM-2(7) 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: (2) (3) (7)

HIGH

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (2) (3) (7)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for CM-2(7). 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.

Learn more about STIG/CCI integration →

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

Configuration

  • Configuration management policy
  • configuration management plan
  • procedures addressing the baseline configuration of the system
  • system architecture and configuration documentation
  • system configuration settings and associated documentation
  • system component inventory
  • records of system baseline configuration reviews and updates

Testing

  • Organizational processes for managing baseline configurations

Other Records

  • procedures addressing system component installations and upgrades
  • system component installations/upgrades and associated records
  • change control records
  • other relevant documents or records