← SI-13
SI-13(4) SI · System and Information Integrity

Standby Component Installation and Notification

LOW MODERATE HIGH
1 Overlay 0 Related Controls
Graph
Export ▾

Requirements NIST SOURCE

If system component failures are detected:

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Automatic or manual transfer of components from standby to active mode can occur upon the detection of component failures.

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 SI-13(4) 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. time period for standby components to be installed is defined;
  2. one or more of the following PARAMETER VALUES is/are selected: {activate <SI-13(04)_ODP[03] alarm>; automatically shut down the system; <SI-13(04)_ODP[04] action>};
  3. alarm to be activated when system component failures are detected is defined (if selected);
  4. action to be taken when system component failures are detected is defined (if selected);
  5. the standby components are successfully and transparently installed within <SI-13(04)_ODP[01] time period> if system component failures are detected;
  6. <SI-13(04)_ODP[02] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUES> are performed if system component failures are detected.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: System and information integrity policy; system and information integrity procedures; procedures addressing predictable failure prevention; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; list of actions to be taken once system component failure is detected; system audit records; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel responsible for MTTF activities; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; system/network administrators; organizational personnel with contingency planning responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for managing MTTF; automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the transparent installation of standby components; automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing alarms or system shutdown if component failures are detected].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control SI-13 — see the SI-13(4) entries within each baseline below.

OT/ICS Overlay SP 800-82r3

NIST SP 800-82r3 Appendix F, Table 22. Blank baseline means the control/control enhancement is not selected in that initial OT baseline.

LOW

Not applicable at this tier.

MODERATE

Not applicable at this tier.

HIGH

  • Base control: Added (beyond standard baseline)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for SI-13(4). 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.

Learn more about STIG/CCI integration →

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 information integrity policy
  • system security plan

Configuration

  • system design documentation
  • system configuration settings and associated documentation

Testing

  • Organizational processes for managing MTTF
  • automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the transparent installation of standby components
  • automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing alarms or system shutdown if component failures are detected

Other Records

  • system and information integrity procedures
  • procedures addressing predictable failure prevention
  • list of actions to be taken once system component failure is detected
  • system audit records
  • other relevant documents or records