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SA-15(7) SA · System and Services Acquisition

Automated Vulnerability Analysis

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Require the developer of the system, system component, or system service [frequency] to:

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Automated tools can be more effective at analyzing exploitable weaknesses or deficiencies in large and complex systems, prioritizing vulnerabilities by severity, and providing recommendations for risk mitigations.

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-15(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. frequency at which to conduct vulnerability analysis is defined;
  2. tools used to perform automated vulnerability analysis are defined;
  3. personnel or roles to whom the outputs of tools and results of the analysis are to be delivered is/are defined;
  4. the developer of the system, system component, or system service is required to perform automated vulnerability analysis <SA-15(07)_ODP[01] frequency> using <SA-15(07)_ODP[02] tools>;
  5. the developer of the system, system component, or system service is required to determine the exploitation potential for discovered vulnerabilities <SA-15(07)_ODP[01] frequency>;
  6. the developer of the system, system component, or system service is required to determine potential risk mitigations <SA-15(07)_ODP[01] frequency> for delivered vulnerabilities;
  7. the developer of the system, system component, or system service is required to deliver the outputs of the tools and results of the analysis <SA-15(07)_ODP[01] frequency> to <SA-15(07)_ODP[03] personnel or roles>.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: System and services acquisition policy; procedures addressing development process, standards, and tools; solicitation documentation; acquisition documentation; service level agreements; acquisition contracts for the system, system component, or system service; vulnerability analysis tools and associated documentation; risk assessment reports; vulnerability analysis results; vulnerability mitigation reports; risk mitigation strategy documentation; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with system and service acquisition responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; system developer; organizational personnel performing automated vulnerability analysis on the system].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for vulnerability analysis of systems, system components, or system services under development; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing vulnerability analysis of systems, system components, or system services under development].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control SA-15 — see the SA-15(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)
  • Included: (3)

HIGH

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (3)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for SA-15(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.

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

  • System and services acquisition policy
  • risk mitigation strategy documentation
  • system security plan

Testing

  • Organizational processes for vulnerability analysis of systems, system components, or system services under development
  • mechanisms supporting and/or implementing vulnerability analysis of systems, system components, or system services under development

Other Records

  • procedures addressing development process, standards, and tools
  • solicitation documentation
  • acquisition documentation
  • service level agreements
  • acquisition contracts for the system, system component, or system service
  • vulnerability analysis tools and associated documentation
  • risk assessment reports
  • vulnerability analysis results
  • vulnerability mitigation reports
  • other relevant documents or records