Platform-independent Applications
LOW MODERATE HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
Include within organizational systems the following platform independent applications: [platform-independent applications].
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)
Platforms are combinations of hardware, firmware, and software components used to execute software applications. Platforms include operating systems, the underlying computer architectures, or both. Platform-independent applications are applications with the capability to execute on multiple platforms. Such applications promote portability and reconstitution on different platforms. Application portability and the ability to reconstitute on different platforms increase the availability of mission-essential functions within organizations in situations where systems with specific operating systems are under attack.
Implementation Guidance
Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.
No engineering interpretation has been authored for SC-27 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
Assessment Objectives
- platform-independent applications to be included within organizational systems are defined;
- <SC-27_ODP platform-independent applications> are included within organizational systems.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: System and communications protection policy; procedures addressing platform-independent applications; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; list of platform-independent applications; system audit records; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: System/network administrators; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; system developer].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing platform-independent applications].
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for SC-27. 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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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
- system security plan
Configuration
- system design documentation
- system configuration settings and associated documentation
Testing
- Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing platform-independent applications
Other Records
- procedures addressing platform-independent applications
- list of platform-independent applications
- system audit records
- other relevant documents or records