Enterprise Architecture
LOW MODERATE HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
Develop and maintain an enterprise architecture with consideration for information security, privacy, and the resulting risk to organizational operations and assets, individuals, other organizations, and the Nation.
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)
The integration of security and privacy requirements and controls into the enterprise architecture helps to ensure that security and privacy considerations are addressed throughout the system development life cycle and are explicitly related to the organization’s mission and business processes. The process of security and privacy requirements integration also embeds into the enterprise architecture and the organization’s security and privacy architectures consistent with the organizational risk management strategy. For PM-7, security and privacy architectures are developed at a system-of-systems level, representing all organizational systems. For PL-8 , the security and privacy architectures are developed at a level that represents an individual system. The system-level architectures are consistent with the security and privacy architectures defined for the organization. Security and privacy requirements and control integration are most effectively accomplished through the rigorous application of the Risk Management Framework SP 800-37 and supporting security standards and guidelines.
Enhancements NIST SOURCE
PM-7(1) Offloading LOW MODERATE HIGH
Offload [non-essential functions or services] to other systems, system components, or an external provider.
Discussion
Not every function or service that a system provides is essential to organizational mission or business functions. Printing or copying is an example of a non-essential but supporting service for an organization. Whenever feasible, such supportive but non-essential functions or services are not co-located with the functions or services that support essential mission or business functions. Maintaining such functions on the same system or system component increases the attack surface of the organization’s mission-essential functions or services. Moving supportive but non-essential functions to a non-critical system, system component, or external provider can also increase efficiency by putting those functions or services under the control of individuals or providers who are subject matter experts in the functions or services.
Implementation Guidance
Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.
No engineering interpretation has been authored for PM-7 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
- an enterprise architecture is developed with consideration for information security;
- an enterprise architecture is maintained with consideration for information security;
- an enterprise architecture is developed with consideration for privacy;
- an enterprise architecture is maintained with consideration for privacy;
- an enterprise architecture is developed with consideration for the resulting risk to organizational operations and assets, individuals, other organizations, and the Nation;
- an enterprise architecture is maintained with consideration for the resulting risk to organizational operations and assets, individuals, other organizations, and the Nation.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: Information security program plan; privacy program plan; enterprise architecture documentation; procedures addressing enterprise architecture development; results of risk assessments of enterprise architecture; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with information security and privacy program planning and plan implementation responsibilities; organizational personnel responsible for developing enterprise architecture; organizational personnel responsible for risk assessments of enterprise architecture; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for enterprise architecture development; mechanisms supporting the enterprise architecture and its development].
Overlays
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for PM-7. 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
- Information security program plan
- privacy program plan
Configuration
- enterprise architecture documentation
- procedures addressing enterprise architecture development
- results of risk assessments of enterprise architecture
Testing
- Organizational processes for enterprise architecture development
- mechanisms supporting the enterprise architecture and its development
Other Records
- other relevant documents or records