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CCI-000894

CCI-000894 Definition

Requires maintenance personnel who do not have needed access authorizations, clearances, or formal access approvals to be escorted and supervised during the performance of maintenance and diagnostic activities on the system by approved organizational personnel who are fully cleared, have appropriate access authorizations, and are technically qualified.

Status
Type	CheckType.policy

Master Assessment Datasheet

Implementation Guidance

The organization being inspected/assessed requires maintenance personnel who do not have needed access authorizations, clearances, or formal access approvals to be escorted and supervised during the performance of maintenance and diagnostic activities on the information system by approved organizational personnel who are fully cleared, have appropriate access authorizations, and are technically qualified. The organization must maintain records of maintenance personnel who access the system including information on escorts.

Validation Procedures

The organization conducting the inspection/assessment obtains and examines the records of maintenance personnel who access the system to ensure the organization being inspected/assessed requires maintenance personnel who do not have needed access authorizations, clearances, or formal access approvals to be escorted and supervised during the performance of maintenance and diagnostic activities on the information system by approved organizational personnel who are fully cleared, have appropriate access authorizations, and are technically qualified.

Compelling Evidence

1.) Policy that details escort procedures for uncleared maintenance workers

Related Controls

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-000894.

Control	Description
MA-5(1)	The organization: (a): Implements procedures for the use of maintenance personnel that lack appropriate security clearances or are not U.S. citizens, that include the following requirements: (1): Maintenance personnel who do not have needed access authorizations, clearances, or formal access approvals are escorted and supervised during the performance of maintenance and diagnostic activities on the information system by approved organizational personnel who are fully cleared, have appropriate access authorizations, and are technically qualified; (2): Prior to initiating maintenance or diagnostic activities by personnel who do not have needed access authorizations, clearances or formal access approvals, all volatile information storage components within the information system are sanitized and all nonvolatile storage media are removed or physically disconnected from the system and secured; and (b): Develops and implements alternate security safeguards in the event an information system component cannot be sanitized, removed, or disconnected from the system.

Control

Description

MA-5(1)

The organization:

(a): Implements procedures for the use of maintenance personnel that lack appropriate security clearances or are not U.S. citizens, that include the following requirements:
- (1): Maintenance personnel who do not have needed access authorizations, clearances, or formal access approvals are escorted and supervised during the performance of maintenance and diagnostic activities on the information system by approved organizational personnel who are fully cleared, have appropriate access authorizations, and are technically qualified;
- (2): Prior to initiating maintenance or diagnostic activities by personnel who do not have needed access authorizations, clearances or formal access approvals, all volatile information storage components within the information system are sanitized and all nonvolatile storage media are removed or physically disconnected from the system and secured; and

(b): Develops and implements alternate security safeguards in the event an information system component cannot be sanitized, removed, or disconnected from the system.