Detonation Chambers
LOW MODERATE HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
Employ a detonation chamber capability within [system, system component, or location].
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)
Detonation chambers, also known as dynamic execution environments, allow organizations to open email attachments, execute untrusted or suspicious applications, and execute Universal Resource Locator requests in the safety of an isolated environment or a virtualized sandbox. Protected and isolated execution environments provide a means of determining whether the associated attachments or applications contain malicious code. While related to the concept of deception nets, the employment of detonation chambers is not intended to maintain a long-term environment in which adversaries can operate and their actions can be observed. Rather, detonation chambers are intended to quickly identify malicious code and either reduce the likelihood that the code is propagated to user environments of operation or prevent such propagation completely.
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-44 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
- the system, system component, or location where a detonation chamber capability is to be employed is defined;
- a detonation chamber capability is employed within the <SC-44_ODP system, system component, or location>.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: System and communications protection policy; procedures addressing detonation chambers; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; 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].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the detonation chamber capability].
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for SC-44. 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 the detonation chamber capability
Other Records
- procedures addressing detonation chambers
- system audit records
- other relevant documents or records