Exposure to Unauthorized Personnel
LOW MODERATE HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
Employ the following controls for personnel exposed to information not within assigned access authorizations: [controls].
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)
Controls include ensuring that personnel who are exposed to spilled information are made aware of the laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines regarding the information and the restrictions imposed based on exposure to such information.
Implementation Guidance
Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.
No engineering interpretation has been authored for IR-9(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
Assessment Objectives
- controls employed for personnel exposed to information not within assigned access authorizations are defined;
- <IR-09(04)_ODP controls> are employed for personnel exposed to information not within assigned access authorizations.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: Incident response policy; procedures addressing incident response; procedures addressing information spillage; incident response plan; system security plan; security safeguards regarding information spillage/exposure to unauthorized personnel; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with incident response responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for dealing with information exposed to unauthorized personnel; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing safeguards for personnel exposed to information not within assigned access authorizations].
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for IR-9(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
Categorized from the SP 800-53A "Examine"/"Test" artifact list above by keyword — not an authoritative NIST evidence list.
Policy
- Incident response policy
- incident response plan
- system security plan
Testing
- Organizational processes for dealing with information exposed to unauthorized personnel
- mechanisms supporting and/or implementing safeguards for personnel exposed to information not within assigned access authorizations
Other Records
- procedures addressing incident response
- procedures addressing information spillage
- security safeguards regarding information spillage/exposure to unauthorized personnel
- other relevant documents or records