CCI-000899

Ensure that cleared foreign nationals with appropriate security clearances are used to conduct maintenance and diagnostic activities on classified systems only when the systems are jointly owned and operated by the United States and foreign allied governments, or owned and operated solely by foreign allied governments.

Implementation Guidance

Determine if foreign nationals with appropriate security clearances are used to conduct maintenance and diagnostic activities on classified systems only when the systems are jointly owned and operated by the United States and foreign allied governments or owned and operated solely by foreign allied governments.

Validation Procedures

Examine: [SELECT FROM: Maintenance policy; procedures addressing maintenance personnel; system media protection policy; access control policy and procedures; physical and environmental protection policy and procedures; memorandum of agreement; maintenance records; access control records; access credentials; access authorizations; 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 managing memoranda of agreements; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities]. Test: [SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for managing foreign national maintenance personnel].

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-000899.