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Public Disclosure Program

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Establish a public reporting channel for receiving reports of vulnerabilities in organizational systems and system components.

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

The reporting channel is publicly discoverable and contains clear language authorizing good-faith research and the disclosure of vulnerabilities to the organization. The organization does not condition its authorization on an expectation of indefinite non-disclosure to the public by the reporting entity but may request a specific time period to properly remediate the vulnerability.

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 RA-5(11) 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. a public reporting channel is established for receiving reports of vulnerabilities in organizational systems and system components.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Risk assessment policy; procedures addressing vulnerability scanning; risk assessment; vulnerability scanning tools and techniques documentation; vulnerability scanning results; vulnerability management records; audit records; public reporting channel; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with vulnerability scanning responsibilities; organizational personnel with vulnerability scan analysis responsibilities; organizational personnel with security responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for vulnerability scanning; mechanisms/tools supporting and/or implementing vulnerability scanning; mechanisms implementing the public reporting of vulnerabilities].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control RA-5 — see the RA-5(11) entries within each baseline below.

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

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (2) (11)

MODERATE

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (2) (5) (11)

HIGH

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (2) (4) (5) (11)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for RA-5(11). 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.

Learn more about STIG/CCI integration →

Evidence

Potential Evidence — Derived

Categorized from the SP 800-53A "Examine"/"Test" artifact list above by keyword — not an authoritative NIST evidence list.

Policy

  • Risk assessment policy
  • system security plan

Testing

  • Organizational processes for vulnerability scanning
  • mechanisms/tools supporting and/or implementing vulnerability scanning
  • mechanisms implementing the public reporting of vulnerabilities

Other Records

  • procedures addressing vulnerability scanning
  • risk assessment
  • vulnerability scanning tools and techniques documentation
  • vulnerability scanning results
  • vulnerability management records
  • audit records
  • public reporting channel
  • other relevant documents or records