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NIST 800-53 SA-6 Software Usage Restrictions: Withdrawn
SA-6 was withdrawn and folded into CM-10 and SI-7. What to cite and what to show for software licensing and integrity.
Oct 18, 20262 min read
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NIST 800-53 SA-5 System Documentation: What to Show an Auditor
SA-5 asks for administrator and user documentation that explains how to run a system securely. Here is what to produce, protect and hand out.
Oct 18, 20264 min read
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NIST 800-53 SA-4 Acquisition Process: What to Put in the Contract
SA-4 lists what a purchase contract for a system or service must say about security. A practical walk through the nine items and the evidence for each.
Oct 18, 20264 min read
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NIST 800-53 SA-3 System Development Life Cycle: Audit Evidence
SA-3 asks you to build security roles and risk management into the development life cycle. Here is what an auditor will want to see and how to get there.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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NIST 800-53 SA-24 Design for Cyber Resiliency: A Practical Read
SA-24 asks you to define resiliency goals, objectives, techniques and principles, then build to them. What that means for a team with an audit coming.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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NIST 800-53 SA-23 Specialization: Hardening What Matters Most
SA-23 asks you to strengthen the systems behind your essential services with extra design or components. Here is how to read it and what to keep.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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NIST 800-53 SA-22 Unsupported System Components: What to Show
SA-22 asks you to replace components the vendor no longer supports, or to arrange alternative support. How to inventory, decide and document.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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NIST 800-53 SA-21 Developer Screening: What to Show an Auditor
SA-21 covers vetting the outside developers who build your systems. Learn what screening evidence a customer or auditor can reasonably expect.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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NIST 800-53 SA-20 Customized Development of Critical Components
SA-20 covers rebuilding components you cannot trust and have no way to protect. What it means, and what to do when you will not rebuild.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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