CCI-002627

Implementation Guidance

The organization being inspected/assessed configures the information system to implement nonsignature-based malicious code detection mechanisms. For information system components that have applicable STIGs or SRGs, the organization being inspected/assessed must comply with the STIG/SRG guidance that pertains to CCI 2627. Nonsignature-based detection mechanisms include, for example, the use of heuristics to detect, analyze, and describe the characteristics or behavior of malicious code and to provide safeguards against malicious code for which signatures do not yet exist or for which existing signatures may not be effective.

Validation Procedures

The organization conducting the inspection/assessment examines the information system to ensure the organization being inspected/assessed configures the information system to implement nonsignature-based malicious code detection mechanisms. For information system components that have applicable STIGs or SRGs, the organization conducting the inspection/assessment evaluates the components to ensure that the organization being inspected/assessed has configured the information system in compliance with the applicable STIGs and SRGs pertaining to CCI 2627.

Compelling Evidence

1.) Configuration implementation documentation for the information system and non-signature-based malicious code detection mechanisms. 2.) Applicable STIG/SRG checks pertaining to CCI 2627.