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SC-40(3) SC · System and Communications Protection

Imitative or Manipulative Communications Deception

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Implement cryptographic mechanisms to identify and reject wireless transmissions that are deliberate attempts to achieve imitative or manipulative communications deception based on signal parameters.

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

The implementation of cryptographic mechanisms to identify and reject imitative or manipulative communications ensures that the signal parameters of wireless transmissions are not predictable by unauthorized individuals. Such unpredictability reduces the probability of imitative or manipulative communications deception based on signal parameters alone.

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-40(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

  1. cryptographic mechanisms are implemented to identify and reject wireless transmissions that are deliberate attempts to achieve imitative or manipulative communications deception based on signal parameters.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: System and communications protection policy; access control policy and procedures; procedures addressing system design documentation; wireless network diagrams; system configuration settings and associated documentation; system architecture; system communications hardware and software; 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; organizational personnel installing, configuring, and/or maintaining the system; organizational personnel authorizing, installing, configuring, and/or maintaining internal and external wireless links].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Cryptographic mechanisms enforcing wireless link protections against imitative or manipulative communications deception].

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for SC-40(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

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

Testing

  • Cryptographic mechanisms enforcing wireless link protections against imitative or manipulative communications deception

Other Records

  • wireless network diagrams
  • system communications hardware and software
  • system audit records
  • other relevant documents or records