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CCI-003648

CCI-003648 Definition

Require applications to provide an enforcement mechanism to prevent other-than-asserted access.

Status
Type	CheckType.technical

Master Assessment Datasheet

Implementation Guidance

Determine if an enforcement mechanism to prevent unauthorized access is provided.

Validation Procedures

Examine: [SELECT FROM: Access control policy; procedures addressing access enforcement; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; system audit records; system security plan; other relevant documents or records]. Interview: [SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with access enforcement responsibilities; system/network administrators; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities]. Test: [SELECT FROM: Mechanisms implementing access enforcement functions].

Related Controls

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-003648.

Control	Description
AC-3(12)	(a): Require applications to assert, as part of the installation process, the access needed to the following system applications and functions: [system applications and functions requiring access assertion are defined;]; (b): Provide an enforcement mechanism to prevent unauthorized access; and (c): Approve access changes after initial installation of the application.