Disabling and Removal in Secure Work Areas

LOW MODERATE HIGH

1 Overlay 0 Related Controls

Requirements NIST SOURCE

Disable or remove collaborative computing devices and applications from [systems or system components] in [secure work areas].

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Failing to disable or remove collaborative computing devices and applications from systems or system components can result in compromises of information, including eavesdropping on conversations. A Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) is an example of a secure work area.

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 SC-15(3) 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

systems or system components from which collaborative computing devices are to be disabled or removed are defined;
secure work areas where collaborative computing devices are to be disabled or removed from systems or system components are defined;
collaborative computing devices and applications are disabled or removed from <SC-15(03)_ODP[01] systems or system components> in <SC-15(03)_ODP[02] secure work areas>.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: System and communications protection policy; procedures addressing collaborative computing; access control policy and procedures; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; system audit records; list of secure work areas; systems or system components in secured work areas where collaborative computing devices are to be disabled or removed; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: System/network administrators; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; organizational personnel with responsibilities for managing collaborative computing devices].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the capability to disable collaborative computing devices].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control SC-15 — see the SC-15(3) 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)

HIGH

Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for SC-15(3). 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 communications protection policy
access control policy and procedures
system security plan

Configuration

system design documentation
system configuration settings and associated documentation

Testing

Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the capability to disable collaborative computing devices

Other Records

procedures addressing collaborative computing
system audit records
list of secure work areas
systems or system components in secured work areas where collaborative computing devices are to be disabled or removed
other relevant documents or records