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Automated Location Tracking

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Support the tracking of system components by geographic location using [automated mechanisms].

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

The use of automated mechanisms to track the location of system components can increase the accuracy of component inventories. Such capability may help organizations rapidly identify the location and responsible individuals of system components that have been compromised, breached, or are otherwise in need of mitigation actions. The use of tracking mechanisms can be coordinated with senior agency officials for privacy if there are implications that affect individual privacy.

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(8) 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. automated mechanisms for tracking components are defined;
  2. <CM-08(08)_ODP automated mechanisms> are used to support the tracking of system components by geographic location.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Configuration management policy; procedures addressing system component inventory; configuration management plan; system design documentation; system component inventory; system configuration settings and associated documentation; system audit records; system security plan; privacy plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

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

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for managing the system component inventory; automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing system component inventory; automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing tracking of components by geographic locations].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control CM-8 — see the CM-8(8) 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(8). 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 component inventory
  • configuration management plan
  • system design documentation
  • system component inventory
  • system configuration settings and associated documentation

Testing

  • Organizational processes for managing the system component inventory
  • automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing system component inventory
  • automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing tracking of components by geographic locations

Other Records

  • system audit records
  • other relevant documents or records