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SA-11(3) SA · System and Services Acquisition

Independent Verification of Assessment Plans and Evidence

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Independent agents have the qualifications—including the expertise, skills, training, certifications, and experience—to verify the correct implementation of developer security and privacy assessment plans.

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-11(3) 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. independence criteria to be satisfied by an independent agent are defined;
  2. an independent agent is required to satisfy <SA-11(03)_ODP independence criteria> to verify the correct implementation of the developer security assessment plan and the evidence produced during testing and evaluation;
  3. an independent agent is required to satisfy <SA-11(03)_ODP independence criteria> to verify the correct implementation of the developer privacy assessment plan and the evidence produced during testing and evaluation;
  4. the independent agent is provided with sufficient information to complete the verification process or granted the authority to obtain such information.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: System and services acquisition policy; system and services acquisition procedures; procedures addressing system developer security testing; solicitation documentation; acquisition documentation; service level agreements; acquisition contracts for the system, system component, or system service; independent verification and validation reports; security and privacy assessment plans; results of security and privacy assessments for the system, system component, or system service; system security plan; privacy plan; privacy program 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 developer security testing responsibilities; system developers; independent verification agent].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for monitoring developer security testing and evaluation; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the monitoring of developer security testing and evaluation].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control SA-11 — see the SA-11(3) 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-11(3). 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
  • privacy plan
  • privacy program plan

Testing

  • Organizational processes for monitoring developer security testing and evaluation
  • mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the monitoring of developer security testing and evaluation

Other Records

  • system and services acquisition procedures
  • procedures addressing system developer security testing
  • solicitation documentation
  • acquisition documentation
  • service level agreements
  • acquisition contracts for the system, system component, or system service
  • independent verification and validation reports
  • security and privacy assessment plans
  • results of security and privacy assessments for the system, system component, or system service
  • other relevant documents or records