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NIAP-approved Protection Profiles

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

See NIAP CCEVS for additional information on NIAP. See NIST CMVP for additional information on FIPS-validated cryptographic modules.

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(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. the use of commercially provided information assurance and information assurance-enabled information technology products is limited to those products that have been successfully evaluated against a National Information Assurance partnership (NIAP)-approved Protection Profile for a specific technology type, if such a profile exists;
  2. if no NIAP-approved Protection Profile exists for a specific technology type but a commercially provided information technology product relies on cryptographic functionality to enforce its security policy, that cryptographic module is required to be FIPS-validated or NSA-approved.

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; list of deployed IT products/solutions; NAIP-approved protection profiles; FIPS-validation information for cryptographic functionality; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with acquisition/contracting responsibilities; organizational personnel with the responsibility for determining system security requirements; organizational personnel responsible for ensuring that information assurance products have been evaluated against a NIAP-approved protection profile or for ensuring products relying on cryptographic functionality are FIPS-validated; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for selecting and employing products/services evaluated against a NIAP-approved protection profile or FIPS-validated products].

Overlays

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

  • 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(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

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

Testing

  • Organizational processes for selecting and employing products/services evaluated against a NIAP-approved protection profile or FIPS-validated products

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
  • list of deployed IT products/solutions
  • NAIP-approved protection profiles
  • FIPS-validation information for cryptographic functionality
  • other relevant documents or records