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SA-10(7) SA · System and Services Acquisition

Security and Privacy Representatives

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Require [organization-defined security and privacy representatives] to be included in the [organization-defined configuration change management and control process].

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Information security and privacy representatives can include system security officers, senior agency information security officers, senior agency officials for privacy, and system privacy officers. Representation by personnel with information security and privacy expertise is important because changes to system configurations can have unintended side effects, some of which may be security- or privacy-relevant. Detecting such changes early in the process can help avoid unintended, negative consequences that could ultimately affect the security and privacy posture of systems. The configuration change management and control process in this control enhancement refers to the change management and control process defined by organizations in SA-10b.

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 SA-10(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

NIST SP 800-53A REV 5.2.0

Assessment Objectives

  1. security representatives to be included in the configuration change management and control process are defined;
  2. privacy representatives to be included in the configuration change management and control process are defined;
  3. configuration change management and control processes in which security representatives are required to be included are defined;
  4. configuration change management and control processes in which privacy representatives are required to be included are defined;
  5. <SA-10(07)_ODP[01] security representatives> are required to be included in the <SA-10(07)_ODP[03] configuration change management and control processes>;
  6. <SA-10(07)_ODP[02] privacy representatives> are required to be included in the <SA-10(07)_ODP[04] configuration change management and control processes>.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: System and services acquisition policy; system and services acquisition procedures; configuration management policy; configuration management plan; solicitation documentation requiring representatives for security and privacy; acquisition documentation; service level agreements; acquisition contracts for the system, system component, or system service; system developer configuration management plan; change control records; configuration management records; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with system and service acquisition responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities; organizational personnel with configuration management responsibilities; system developers].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control SA-10 — see the SA-10(7) 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

Not applicable at this tier.

MODERATE

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)

HIGH

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for SA-10(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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Evidence

Potential Evidence — Derived

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

Configuration

  • configuration management policy
  • configuration management plan
  • system developer configuration management plan
  • configuration management records

Other Records

  • system and services acquisition procedures
  • solicitation documentation requiring representatives for security and privacy
  • acquisition documentation
  • service level agreements
  • acquisition contracts for the system, system component, or system service
  • change control records
  • other relevant documents or records