NIST SP 800-53 SC-36(1) Polling Techniques

Requirements NIST SOURCE

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Distributed processing and/or storage may be used to reduce opportunities for adversaries to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of organizational information and systems. However, the distribution of processing and storage components does not prevent adversaries from compromising one or more of the components. Polling compares the processing results and/or storage content from the distributed components and subsequently votes on the outcomes. Polling identifies potential faults, compromises, or errors in the distributed processing and storage components.

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-36(1) 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

distributed processing and storage components for which polling techniques are to be employed to identify potential faults, errors, or compromises are defined;
actions to be taken in response to identified faults, errors, or compromise are defined;
polling techniques are employed to identify potential faults, errors, or compromises to <SC-36(01)_ODP[01] distributed processing and storage components>;
<SC-36(01)_ODP[02] actions> are taken in response to identified faults, errors, or compromise.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: System and communications protection policy; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; system architecture; list of distributed processing and storage components subject to polling; system polling techniques and associated documentation or records; 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 polling techniques].

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for SC-36(1). 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 polling techniques

Other Records

list of distributed processing and storage components subject to polling
system polling techniques and associated documentation or records
system audit records
other relevant documents or records