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SA-4(6) SA · System and Services Acquisition

Use of Information Assurance Products

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Commercial off-the-shelf IA or IA-enabled information technology products used to protect classified information by cryptographic means may be required to use NSA-approved key management. See NSA CSFC.

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(6) 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. only government off-the-shelf or commercial off-the-shelf information assurance and information assurance-enabled information technology products that compose an NSA-approved solution to protect classified information when the networks used to transmit the information are at a lower classification level than the information being transmitted are employed;
  2. these products have been evaluated and/or validated by NSA or in accordance with NSA-approved procedures.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Supply chain risk management plan; system and services acquisition policy; procedures addressing the integration of security requirements, descriptions, and criteria into the acquisition process; solicitation documents; acquisition documentation; acquisition contracts for the system, system component, or system service; security configurations to be implemented by the developer of the system, system component, or system service; service level agreements; list of deployed IT products/solutions; NSA-approved list; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with acquisition/contracting responsibilities; organizational personnel with the responsibility to determine system security requirements; organizational personnel responsible for ensuring information assurance products are NSA-approved and are evaluated and/or validated products in accordance with NSA-approved procedures; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for selecting and employing evaluated and/or validated information assurance products and services that compose an NSA-approved solution to protect classified information].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control SA-4 — see the SA-4(6) 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(6). 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

  • Supply chain risk management plan
  • system and services acquisition policy
  • system security plan

Testing

  • Organizational processes for selecting and employing evaluated and/or validated information assurance products and services that compose an NSA-approved solution to protect classified information

Other Records

  • procedures addressing the integration of security requirements, descriptions, and criteria into the acquisition process
  • solicitation documents
  • acquisition documentation
  • acquisition contracts for the system, system component, or system service
  • security configurations to be implemented by the developer of the system, system component, or system service
  • service level agreements
  • list of deployed IT products/solutions
  • NSA-approved list
  • other relevant documents or records