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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Include in the system component inventory information, a means for identifying by [one of: name; position; role] , individuals responsible and accountable for administering those components.

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Identifying individuals who are responsible and accountable for administering system components ensures that the assigned components are properly administered and that organizations can contact those individuals if some action is required (e.g., when the component is determined to be the source of a breach, needs to be recalled or replaced, or needs to be relocated).

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-8(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. one or more of the following PARAMETER VALUES is/are selected: {name; position; role};
  2. individuals responsible and accountable for administering system components are identified by <CM-08(04)_ODP SELECTED PARAMETER VALUES> in the system component inventory.

Examine

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

Interview

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

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for managing the system component inventory; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the system component inventory].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control CM-8 — see the CM-8(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

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)

MODERATE

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (1) (3)

HIGH

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (1) (2) (3) (4)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for CM-8(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.

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
  • procedures addressing system component inventory
  • configuration management plan
  • system component inventory

Testing

  • Organizational processes for managing the system component inventory
  • mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the system component inventory

Other Records

  • other relevant documents or records