NIST SP 800-53 MA-2(2) Automated Maintenance Activities

Requirements NIST SOURCE

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

The use of automated mechanisms to manage and control system maintenance programs and activities helps to ensure the generation of timely, accurate, complete, and consistent maintenance records.

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 MA-2(2) 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

automated mechanisms used to schedule maintenance, repair, and replacement actions for the system are defined;
automated mechanisms used to conduct maintenance, repair, and replacement actions for the system are defined;
automated mechanisms used to document maintenance, repair, and replacement actions for the system are defined;
<MA-02(02)_ODP[01] automated mechanisms> are used to schedule maintenance, repair, and replacement actions for the system;
<MA-02(02)_ODP[02] automated mechanisms> are used to conduct maintenance, repair, and replacement actions for the system;
<MA-02(02)_ODP[03] automated mechanisms> are used to document maintenance, repair, and replacement actions for the system;
up-to date, accurate, and complete records of all maintenance actions requested, scheduled, in process, and completed are produced.
up-to date, accurate, and complete records of all repair actions requested, scheduled, in process, and completed are produced.
up-to date, accurate, and complete records of all replacement actions requested, scheduled, in process, and completed are produced.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Maintenance policy; procedures addressing controlled system maintenance; automated mechanisms supporting system maintenance activities; system configuration settings and associated documentation; maintenance records; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

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

Test

[SELECT FROM: Automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing controlled maintenance; automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the production of records of maintenance and repair actions].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control MA-2 — see the MA-2(2) 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)

HIGH

Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
Included: (2)

STIGs & CCIs

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

Maintenance policy
system security plan

Configuration

system configuration settings and associated documentation

Testing

Automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing controlled maintenance
automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the production of records of maintenance and repair actions

Other Records

procedures addressing controlled system maintenance
automated mechanisms supporting system maintenance activities
maintenance records
other relevant documents or records