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CCI-000895

CCI-000895 Definition

Require that, 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 system be sanitized and all nonvolatile storage media be removed or physically disconnected from the system and secured.

Status
Type	CheckType.policy

Master Assessment Datasheet

Implementation Guidance

Determine if procedures for the use of maintenance personnel who lack appropriate security clearances or are not U.S. citizens are implemented and include all volatile information storage components within the system being sanitized and all non-volatile storage media being removed or physically disconnected from the system and secured prior to initiating maintenance or diagnostic activities.

Validation Procedures

Examine: [SELECT FROM: Maintenance policy; procedures addressing maintenance personnel; system media protection policy; physical and environmental protection policy; list of maintenance personnel requiring escort/supervision; maintenance records; access control records; system security plan; other relevant documents or records]. Interview: [SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with system maintenance responsibilities; organizational personnel with personnel security responsibilities; organizational personnel with physical access control responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; organizational personnel responsible for media sanitization; system/network administrators]. Test: [SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for managing maintenance personnel without appropriate access; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing alternative security safeguards; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing information storage component sanitization].

Related Controls

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-000895.

Control	Description
MA-5(1)	(a): Implement 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 system by approved organizational personnel who are fully cleared, have appropriate access authorizations, and are technically qualified; and (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 system are sanitized and all nonvolatile storage media are removed or physically disconnected from the system and secured; and (b): Develop and implement [alternate controls to be developed and implemented in the event that a system component cannot be sanitized, removed, or disconnected from the system are defined;] in the event a system component cannot be sanitized, removed, or disconnected from the system.

Control

Description

MA-5(1)

(a): Implement 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 system by approved organizational personnel who are fully cleared, have appropriate access authorizations, and are technically qualified; and
- (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 system are sanitized and all nonvolatile storage media are removed or physically disconnected from the system and secured; and

(b): Develop and implement [alternate controls to be developed and implemented in the event that a system component cannot be sanitized, removed, or disconnected from the system are defined;] in the event a system component cannot be sanitized, removed, or disconnected from the system.