NIST SP 800-53 SC-16(3) Cryptographic Binding

Requirements NIST SOURCE

Implement [mechanisms or techniques] to bind security and privacy attributes to transmitted information.

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Cryptographic mechanisms and techniques can provide strong security and privacy attribute binding to transmitted information to help ensure the integrity of such information.

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-16(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

mechanisms or techniques to bind security and privacy attributes to transmitted information are defined;
<SC-16(03)_ODP mechanisms or techniques> are implemented to bind security and privacy attributes to transmitted information.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: System and communications protection policy; procedures addressing the transmission of security and privacy attributes; access control policy and procedures; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; system audit records; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: System/network administrators; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing anti-spoofing mechanisms].

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for SC-16(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 anti-spoofing mechanisms

Other Records

procedures addressing the transmission of security and privacy attributes
system audit records
other relevant documents or records