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SA-9(5) SA · System and Services Acquisition

Processing, Storage, and Service Location

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Restrict the location of [one of: information processing; information or data; system services] to [locations] based on [requirements].

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

The location of information processing, information and data storage, or system services can have a direct impact on the ability of organizations to successfully execute their mission and business functions. The impact occurs when external providers control the location of processing, storage, or services. The criteria that external providers use for the selection of processing, storage, or service locations may be different from the criteria that organizations use. For example, organizations may desire that data or information storage locations be restricted to certain locations to help facilitate incident response activities in case of information security incidents or breaches. Incident response activities, including forensic analyses and after-the-fact investigations, may be adversely affected by the governing laws, policies, or protocols in the locations where processing and storage occur and/or the locations from which system services emanate.

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(5) 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. one or more of the following PARAMETER VALUES is/are selected: {information processing; information or data; system services};
  2. locations where <SA-09(05)_ODP[01] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUE(S)> is/are to be restricted are defined;
  3. requirements or conditions for restricting the location of <SA-09(05)_ODP[01] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUE(S)> are defined;
  4. based on <SA-09(05)_ODP[03] requirements>, <SA-09(05)_ODP[01] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUES> is/are restricted to <SA-09(05)_ODP[02] locations>.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: System and services acquisition policy; procedures addressing external system services; acquisition contracts for the system, system component, or system service; solicitation documentation; acquisition documentation; service level agreements; restricted locations for information processing; information/data and/or system services; information processing, information/data, and/or system services to be maintained in restricted locations; organizational security requirements or conditions for external providers; 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 information security responsibilities; external providers of system services; organizational personnel with supply chain risk management responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for defining the requirements to restrict locations of information processing, information/data, or information services; organizational processes for ensuring the location is restricted in accordance with requirements or conditions].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control SA-9 — see the SA-9(5) 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(5). 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
  • system security plan
  • supply chain risk management plan

Testing

  • Organizational processes for defining the requirements to restrict locations of information processing, information/data, or information services
  • organizational processes for ensuring the location is restricted in accordance with requirements or conditions

Other Records

  • procedures addressing external system services
  • acquisition contracts for the system, system component, or system service
  • solicitation documentation
  • acquisition documentation
  • service level agreements
  • restricted locations for information processing
  • information/data and/or system services
  • information processing, information/data, and/or system services to be maintained in restricted locations
  • organizational security requirements or conditions for external providers
  • other relevant documents or records