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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Downgrade system media containing classified information prior to release to individuals without required access authorizations.

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Downgrading of classified information uses approved sanitization tools, techniques, and procedures to transfer information confirmed to be unclassified from classified systems to unclassified media.

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 MP-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. system media containing classified information is identified;
  2. system media containing classified information is downgraded prior to release to individuals without required access authorizations.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: System media protection policy; access authorization policy; procedures addressing downgrading of media containing classified information; procedures addressing handling of classified information; NSA standards and policies regarding protection of classified information; media downgrading 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(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.

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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 media protection policy
  • access authorization policy
  • NSA standards and policies regarding protection of classified information
  • system security plan

Testing

  • Organizational processes for media downgrading
  • mechanisms supporting and/or implementing media downgrading

Other Records

  • procedures addressing downgrading of media containing classified information
  • procedures addressing handling of classified information
  • media downgrading records
  • other relevant documents or records