PM-5 PM · Program Management

System Inventory

LOW MODERATE HIGH
1 Enhancement 1 Overlay 0 Related Controls
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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Develop and update [frequency] an inventory of organizational systems.

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

OMB A-130 provides guidance on developing systems inventories and associated reporting requirements. System inventory refers to an organization-wide inventory of systems, not system components as described in CM-8.

Enhancements NIST SOURCE

PM-5(1) Inventory of Personally Identifiable Information LOW MODERATE HIGH

Establish, maintain, and update [frequency] an inventory of all systems, applications, and projects that process personally identifiable information.

Discussion

An inventory of systems, applications, and projects that process personally identifiable information supports the mapping of data actions, providing individuals with privacy notices, maintaining accurate personally identifiable information, and limiting the processing of personally identifiable information when such information is not needed for operational purposes. Organizations may use this inventory to ensure that systems only process the personally identifiable information for authorized purposes and that this processing is still relevant and necessary for the purpose specified therein.

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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 PM-5 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. the frequency at which to update the inventory of organizational systems is defined;
  2. an inventory of organizational systems is developed;
  3. the inventory of organizational systems is updated <PM-05_ODP frequency>.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Information security program plan; system inventory; procedures addressing system inventory development and maintenance; OMB FISMA reporting guidance; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with information security program planning and plan implementation responsibilities; organizational personnel responsible for developing and maintaining the system inventory; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for system inventory development and maintenance; mechanisms supporting the system inventory].

Overlays

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

Not applicable at this tier.

MODERATE

Not applicable at this tier.

HIGH

  • Base control: Added (beyond standard baseline)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for PM-5. 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

  • Information security program plan

Configuration

  • system inventory
  • procedures addressing system inventory development and maintenance

Testing

  • Organizational processes for system inventory development and maintenance
  • mechanisms supporting the system inventory

Other Records

  • OMB FISMA reporting guidance
  • other relevant documents or records