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Synchronization

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Synchronize the following duplicate systems or system components: [duplicate systems or system components].

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

SC-36 and CP-9(6) require the duplication of systems or system components in distributed locations. The synchronization of duplicated and redundant services and data helps to ensure that information contained in the distributed locations can be used in the mission or business functions of organizations, as needed.

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(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. duplicate systems or system components to be synchronized are defined;
  2. <SC-36(02)_ODP duplicate systems or system components> are synchronized.

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 duplicate system or system component synchronization].

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for SC-36(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 duplicate system or system component synchronization

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