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SA-4(12) SA · System and Services Acquisition

Data Ownership

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Contractors who operate a system that contains data owned by an organization initiating the contract have policies and procedures in place to remove the data from their systems and/or return the data in a time frame defined by the contract.

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-4(12) 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. time frame to remove data from a contractor system and return it to the organization is defined;
  2. organizational data ownership requirements are included in the acquisition contract;
  3. all data to be removed from the contractor�s system and returned to the organization is required within <SA-04(12)_ODP time frame>.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: System and services acquisition policy; system and services acquisition procedures; procedures addressing the integration of information security and privacy requirements, descriptions, and criteria into the acquisition process; procedures addressing the disposition of personally identifiable information; solicitation documentation; acquisition documentation; acquisition contracts for the system or system service; personally identifiable information processing policy; service level agreements; information sharing agreements; memoranda of understanding; system security plan; privacy plan; privacy impact assessment; privacy risk assessment documentation; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with acquisition/contracting responsibilities; organizational personnel with the responsibility for data management and processing requirements; organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Contract management processes to verify that data is removed as required; vendor processes for removing data in required timeframe; mechanisms verifying the removal and return of data].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control SA-4 — see the SA-4(12) 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: (10)
  • Added: (12)

MODERATE

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (1) (2) (9) (10)
  • Added: (12)

HIGH

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (1) (2) (5) (9) (10)
  • Added: (12)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for SA-4(12). 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
  • personally identifiable information processing policy
  • system security plan
  • privacy plan

Testing

  • Contract management processes to verify that data is removed as required
  • vendor processes for removing data in required timeframe
  • mechanisms verifying the removal and return of data

Other Records

  • system and services acquisition procedures
  • procedures addressing the integration of information security and privacy requirements, descriptions, and criteria into the acquisition process
  • procedures addressing the disposition of personally identifiable information
  • solicitation documentation
  • acquisition documentation
  • acquisition contracts for the system or system service
  • service level agreements
  • information sharing agreements
  • memoranda of understanding
  • privacy impact assessment
  • privacy risk assessment documentation
  • other relevant documents or records