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Security and Privacy Representatives

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Require [organization-defined security and privacy representatives] to be members of the [configuration change control element].

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Information security and privacy representatives include system security officers, senior agency information security officers, senior agency officials for privacy, or system privacy officers. Representation by personnel with information security and privacy expertise is important because changes to system configurations can have unintended side effects, some of which may be security- or privacy-relevant. Detecting such changes early in the process can help avoid unintended, negative consequences that could ultimately affect the security and privacy posture of systems. The configuration change control element referred to in the second organization-defined parameter reflects the change control elements defined by organizations in CM-3g.

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-3(4) 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. security representatives required to be members of the change control element are defined;
  2. privacy representatives required to be members of the change control element are defined;
  3. the configuration change control element of which the security and privacy representatives are to be members is defined;
  4. <CM-03(04)_ODP[01] security representatives> are required to be members of the <CM-03(04)_ODP[03] configuration change control element>;
  5. <CM-03(04)_ODP[02] privacy representatives> are required to be members of the <CM-03(04)_ODP[03] configuration change control element>.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Configuration management policy; procedures addressing system configuration change control; configuration management plan; system security plan; privacy plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with configuration change control responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities; members of change control board or similar].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for configuration change control].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control CM-3 — see the CM-3(4) 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: (2) (4)

HIGH

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (1) (2) (4) (6)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for CM-3(4). 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

  • system security plan
  • privacy plan

Configuration

  • Configuration management policy
  • procedures addressing system configuration change control
  • configuration management plan

Testing

  • Organizational processes for configuration change control

Other Records

  • other relevant documents or records