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CCI-003076

CCI-003076 Definition

The organization reviews and updates the information security architecture in accordance with organization-defined frequency to reflect updates in the enterprise architecture.

Status
Type	CheckType.policy

Master Assessment Datasheet

Implementation Guidance

The organization being inspected/assessed reviews and updates the information security architecture annually to reflect updates in the enterprise architecture. The organization must maintain an audit trail of reviews and updates. DoD has defined the frequency as annually.

Validation Procedures

The organization conducting the inspection/assessment obtains and examines the audit trail of reviews and updates to ensure the organization being inspected/assessed reviews and updates the information security architecture annually to reflect updates in the enterprise architecture. DoD has defined the frequency as annually.

Compelling Evidence

1.) Audit records of security plan updates include changes to the information security architecture.

Related Controls

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-003076.

Control	Description
PL-8	The organization: PL-8a.: Develops an information security architecture for the information system that: PL-8a.1.: Describes the overall philosophy, requirements, and approach to be taken with regard to protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of organizational information; PL-8a.2.: Describes how the information security architecture is integrated into and supports the enterprise architecture; and PL-8a.3.: Describes any information security assumptions about, and dependencies on, external services; PL-8b.: Reviews and updates the information security architecture [Assignment: organization-defined frequency] to reflect updates in the enterprise architecture; and PL-8c.: Ensures that planned information security architecture changes are reflected in the security plan, the security Concept of Operations (CONOPS), and organizational procurements/acquisitions.

Control

Description

PL-8

The organization:

PL-8a.: Develops an information security architecture for the information system that:
- PL-8a.1.: Describes the overall philosophy, requirements, and approach to be taken with regard to protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of organizational information;
- PL-8a.2.: Describes how the information security architecture is integrated into and supports the enterprise architecture; and
- PL-8a.3.: Describes any information security assumptions about, and dependencies on, external services;

PL-8b.: Reviews and updates the information security architecture [Assignment: organization-defined frequency] to reflect updates in the enterprise architecture; and

PL-8c.: Ensures that planned information security architecture changes are reflected in the security plan, the security Concept of Operations (CONOPS), and organizational procurements/acquisitions.