Equipment Testing
LOW MODERATE HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
Test downgrading equipment and procedures [organization-defined frequency] to ensure that downgrading actions are being achieved.
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)
None.
Implementation Guidance
Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.
No engineering interpretation has been authored for MP-8(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
Assessment Objectives
- the frequency with which to test downgrading equipment is defined;
- the frequency with which to test downgrading procedures is defined;
- downgrading equipment is tested <MP-08(02)_ODP[01] frequency> to ensure that downgrading actions are being achieved;
- downgrading procedures are tested <MP-08(02)_ODP[02] frequency> to ensure that downgrading actions are being achieved.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: System media protection policy; procedures addressing media downgrading; procedures addressing testing of media downgrading equipment; results of downgrading equipment and procedures testing; records of media downgrading; audit records; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with system media downgrading responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for media downgrading; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing media downgrading].
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for MP-8(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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Categorized from the SP 800-53A "Examine"/"Test" artifact list above by keyword — not an authoritative NIST evidence list.
Policy
- System media protection policy
- system security plan
Testing
- Organizational processes for media downgrading
- mechanisms supporting and/or implementing media downgrading
Other Records
- procedures addressing media downgrading
- procedures addressing testing of media downgrading equipment
- results of downgrading equipment and procedures testing
- records of media downgrading
- audit records
- other relevant documents or records