CCI-002824

Implement organization-defined controls to protect the system memory from unauthorized code execution.

Implementation Guidance

Determine if [SI-16_ODP; controls to be implemented to protect the system memory from unauthorized code execution are defined] are implemented to protect the system memory from unauthorized code execution.

Validation Procedures

Examine: [SELECT FROM: System and information integrity policy; system and information integrity procedures; procedures addressing memory protection for the system; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; list of security safeguards protecting system memory from unauthorized code execution; system audit records; system security plan; other relevant documents or records]. Interview: [SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel responsible for memory protection; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; system/network administrators; system developer]. Test: [SELECT FROM: Automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing safeguards to protect the system memory from unauthorized code execution].

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-002824.