Alternative Configuration Management Processes
LOW MODERATE HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
Provide an alternate configuration management process using organizational personnel in the absence of a dedicated developer configuration management team.
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)
Alternate configuration management processes may be required when organizations use commercial off-the-shelf information technology products. Alternate configuration management processes include organizational personnel who review and approve proposed changes to systems, system components, and system services and conduct security and privacy impact analyses prior to the implementation of changes to systems, components, 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 SA-10(2) 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 alternate configuration management process has been provided using organizational personnel in the absence of a dedicated developer configuration management team.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: System and services acquisition policy; system and services acquisition procedures; configuration management policy; configuration management plan; solicitation documentation; acquisition documentation; service level agreements; acquisition contracts for the system, system component, or system service; system developer configuration management plan; security impact analyses; privacy impact analyses; privacy impact assessment; privacy risk assessment documentation; system security plan; privacy plan; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with acquisition responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities; organizational personnel with configuration management responsibilities; system developers].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for monitoring developer configuration management; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the monitoring of developer configuration management].
Overlays
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for SA-10(2). 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
- System and services acquisition policy
- system security plan
- privacy plan
Configuration
- configuration management policy
- configuration management plan
- system developer configuration management plan
Testing
- Organizational processes for monitoring developer configuration management
- mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the monitoring of developer configuration management
Other Records
- system and services acquisition procedures
- solicitation documentation
- acquisition documentation
- service level agreements
- acquisition contracts for the system, system component, or system service
- security impact analyses
- privacy impact analyses
- privacy impact assessment
- privacy risk assessment documentation
- other relevant documents or records