Assessments Prior to Selection, Acceptance, Modification, or Update
LOW MODERATE HIGHRequirements NIST SOURCE
Assess the system, system component, or system service prior to selection, acceptance, modification, or update.
Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)
Organizational personnel or independent, external entities conduct assessments of systems, components, products, tools, and services to uncover evidence of tampering, unintentional and intentional vulnerabilities, or evidence of non-compliance with supply chain controls. These include malicious code, malicious processes, defective software, backdoors, and counterfeits. Assessments can include evaluations; design proposal reviews; visual or physical inspection; static and dynamic analyses; visual, x-ray, or magnetic particle inspections; simulations; white, gray, or black box testing; fuzz testing; stress testing; and penetration testing (see SR-6(1) ). Evidence generated during assessments is documented for follow-on actions by organizations. The evidence generated during the organizational or independent assessments of supply chain elements may be used to improve supply chain processes and inform the supply chain risk management process. The evidence can be leveraged in follow-on assessments. Evidence and other documentation may be shared in accordance with organizational agreements.
Implementation Guidance
Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.
No engineering interpretation has been authored for SR-5(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
Assessment Objectives
- the system, system component, or system service is assessed prior to selection;
- the system, system component, or system service is assessed prior to acceptance;
- the system, system component, or system service is assessed prior to modification;
- the system, system component, or system service is assessed prior to update.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: System security plan; system and services acquisition policy; procedures addressing supply chain protection; procedures addressing the integration of information security requirements into the acquisition process; security test and evaluation results; vulnerability assessment results; penetration testing results; organizational risk assessment results; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with system and services acquisition responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; organizational personnel with supply chain protection responsibilities].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for conducting assessments prior to selection, acceptance, or update; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the conducting of assessments prior to selection, acceptance, or update].
Overlays
STIGs & CCIs
No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for SR-5(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.
Learn more about STIG/CCI integration →Evidence
Categorized from the SP 800-53A "Examine"/"Test" artifact list above by keyword — not an authoritative NIST evidence list.
Policy
- System security plan
- system and services acquisition policy
- system security plan
Testing
- Organizational processes for conducting assessments prior to selection, acceptance, or update
- mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the conducting of assessments prior to selection, acceptance, or update
Other Records
- procedures addressing supply chain protection
- procedures addressing the integration of information security requirements into the acquisition process
- security test and evaluation results
- vulnerability assessment results
- penetration testing results
- organizational risk assessment results
- other relevant documents or records