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SC-34(2) SC · System and Communications Protection

Integrity Protection on Read-only Media

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Protect the integrity of information prior to storage on read-only media and control the media after such information has been recorded onto the media.

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Controls prevent the substitution of media into systems or the reprogramming of programmable read-only media prior to installation into the systems. Integrity protection controls include a combination of prevention, detection, and response.

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-34(2) 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. the integrity of information is protected prior to storage on read-only media;
  2. the media is controlled after such information has been recorded onto the media;

Examine

[SELECT FROM: System and communications protection policy; procedures addressing non-modifiable executable programs; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; system architecture; system audit records; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: System/network administrators; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; organizational personnel installing, configuring, and/or maintaining the system; system developers/integrators].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the capability to protect information integrity on read-only media prior to storage and after information has been recorded onto the media].

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for SC-34(2). 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
  • system security plan

Configuration

  • system design documentation
  • system configuration settings and associated documentation
  • system architecture

Testing

  • Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the capability to protect information integrity on read-only media prior to storage and after information has been recorded onto the media

Other Records

  • procedures addressing non-modifiable executable programs
  • system audit records
  • other relevant documents or records