NIST SP 800-53 SI-4(14) Wireless Intrusion Detection

Requirements NIST SOURCE

Employ a wireless intrusion detection system to identify rogue wireless devices and to detect attack attempts and potential compromises or breaches to the system.

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Wireless signals may radiate beyond organizational facilities. Organizations proactively search for unauthorized wireless connections, including the conduct of thorough scans for unauthorized wireless access points. Wireless scans are not limited to those areas within facilities containing systems but also include areas outside of facilities to verify that unauthorized wireless access points are not connected to organizational systems.

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-4(14) 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

a wireless intrusion detection system is employed to identify rogue wireless devices;
a wireless intrusion detection system is employed to detect attack attempts on the system;
a wireless intrusion detection system is employed to detect potential compromises or breaches to the system.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: System and information integrity policy; system and information integrity procedures; procedures addressing system monitoring tools and techniques; system design documentation; system monitoring tools and techniques documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; system protocols; 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; organizational personnel responsible for monitoring the system; organizational personnel responsible for the intrusion detection system].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for intrusion detection; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing a wireless intrusion detection capability].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control SI-4 — see the SI-4(14) 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

Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)

MODERATE

Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
Included: (2) (4) (5)

HIGH

Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
Included: (2) (4) (5) (10) (12) (14) (20) (22)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for SI-4(14). 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 information integrity policy
system security plan

Configuration

system design documentation
system configuration settings and associated documentation

Testing

Organizational processes for intrusion detection
mechanisms supporting and/or implementing a wireless intrusion detection capability

Other Records

system and information integrity procedures
procedures addressing system monitoring tools and techniques
system monitoring tools and techniques documentation
system protocols
system audit records
other relevant documents or records