PM-9 PM · Program Management

Risk Management Strategy

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

    1. 1.Security risk to organizational operations and assets, individuals, other organizations, and the Nation associated with the operation and use of organizational systems; and
    2. 2.Privacy risk to individuals resulting from the authorized processing of personally identifiable information;
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

An organization-wide risk management strategy includes an expression of the security and privacy risk tolerance for the organization, security and privacy risk mitigation strategies, acceptable risk assessment methodologies, a process for evaluating security and privacy risk across the organization with respect to the organization’s risk tolerance, and approaches for monitoring risk over time. The senior accountable official for risk management (agency head or designated official) aligns information security management processes with strategic, operational, and budgetary planning processes. The risk executive function, led by the senior accountable official for risk management, can facilitate consistent application of the risk management strategy organization-wide. The risk management strategy can be informed by security and privacy risk-related inputs from other sources, both internal and external to the organization, to ensure that the strategy is broad-based and comprehensive. The supply chain risk management strategy described in PM-30 can also provide useful inputs to the organization-wide risk management strategy.

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-9 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 review and update the risk management strategy is defined;
  2. a comprehensive strategy is developed to manage security risk to organizational operations and assets, individuals, other organizations, and the Nation associated with the operation and use of organizational systems;
  3. a comprehensive strategy is developed to manage privacy risk to individuals resulting from the authorized processing of personally identifiable information;
  4. the risk management strategy is implemented consistently across the organization;
  5. the risk management strategy is reviewed and updated <PM-09_ODP frequency> or as required to address organizational changes.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Information security program plan; privacy program plan; risk management strategy; supply chain risk management strategy; procedures addressing the development, implementation, review, and update of the risk management strategy; risk assessment results relevant to the risk management strategy; 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 the development, implementation, review, and update of the risk management strategy; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for the development, implementation, review, and update of the risk management strategy; mechanisms supporting the development, implementation, review, and update of the risk management strategy].

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-9. 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
  • privacy program plan
  • risk management strategy
  • supply chain risk management strategy
  • procedures addressing the development, implementation, review, and update of the risk management strategy
  • risk assessment results relevant to the risk management strategy

Testing

  • Organizational processes for the development, implementation, review, and update of the risk management strategy
  • mechanisms supporting the development, implementation, review, and update of the risk management strategy

Other Records

  • other relevant documents or records