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SA-9(1) SA · System and Services Acquisition

Risk Assessments and Organizational Approvals

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Information security services include the operation of security devices, such as firewalls or key management services as well as incident monitoring, analysis, and response. Risks assessed can include system, mission or business, security, privacy, or supply chain risks.

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-9(1) 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. personnel or roles that approve the acquisition or outsourcing of dedicated information security services is/are defined;
  2. an organizational assessment of risk is conducted prior to the acquisition or outsourcing of information security services;
  3. <SA-09(01)_ODP personnel or roles> approve the acquisition or outsourcing of dedicated information security services.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: System and services acquisition policy; supply chain risk management policy and procedures; procedures addressing external system services; acquisition documentation; acquisition contracts for the system, system component, or system service; risk assessment reports; approval records for the acquisition or outsourcing of dedicated security services; system security plan; supply chain risk management plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with system and service acquisition responsibilities; organizational personnel with system security responsibilities; external providers of system services; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; organizational personnel with supply chain risk management responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for conducting a risk assessment prior to acquiring or outsourcing dedicated security services; organizational processes for approving the outsourcing of dedicated security services; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing risk assessment; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing approval processes].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control SA-9 — see the SA-9(1) 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)

MODERATE

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (2)

HIGH

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (2)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for SA-9(1). 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
  • supply chain risk management policy and procedures
  • system security plan
  • supply chain risk management plan

Testing

  • Organizational processes for conducting a risk assessment prior to acquiring or outsourcing dedicated security services
  • organizational processes for approving the outsourcing of dedicated security services
  • mechanisms supporting and/or implementing risk assessment
  • mechanisms supporting and/or implementing approval processes

Other Records

  • procedures addressing external system services
  • acquisition documentation
  • acquisition contracts for the system, system component, or system service
  • risk assessment reports
  • approval records for the acquisition or outsourcing of dedicated security services
  • other relevant documents or records