NIST 800-53 CP-9

Information System Backup

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Automated Inspection items for NIST SP 800-53 CP-9 assessment.

Automated Inspection items are efficient enough that they can usually be part of a CA-7 Continuous Monitoring program on a daily (or in some cases hourly) basis, simultaneously meeting the requirements of RA-5 Vulnerability Scanning. While NIST 800-53 allows Continuous Monitoring results to be used for CA-2 Security Assessments and CA-4 Security Certification, a separate run using the same automated Inspection items in combination with more laborious items for CA-2 and CA-4 adds no significant burden.

Depending on FIPS 199 impact level and whether the Industrial Control Systems (ICS/SCADA) subset of 800-53 is chosen,  LJK/Security™ starter templates provide automated Inspection items as follows:

NIST SP 800-53 R2 CP-9
Description  Automated Tests
Each file is backed up at least every 30 days.
(DISK,BACKUP,ABSOLUTHI)
Each file is backed up at least every 7 days when it has been modified.
(DISK,BACKUP,MODIFIEDHI)
NIST SP 800-53 R2 CP-9(4)
Description  Automated Tests
Backups must be encrypted to safeguard their integrity.
(DISK,CHECKPROT,MINBLOCKS)

Interview questions for NIST SP 800-53 CP-9 assessment.

Interview questions are useful mainly for CA-2 Security Assessments and CA-4 Security Certification. For most environments they are too laborious to include in CA-7 Continuous Monitoring.

Depending on FIPS 199 impact level and whether the Industrial Control Systems (ICS/SCADA) subset of 800-53 is chosen,  LJK/Security™ starter templates provide Interview questions in the following groups:

Determination Statement Number Group Names
NIST SP 800-53 R2 CP-9(4)
SYSTEM

Manual Inspection items for NIST SP 800-53 CP-9 assessment.

Manual Inspection items are useful mainly for CA-2 Security Assessments and CA-4 Security Certification. For most environments they are too laborious to include in CA-7 Continuous Monitoring.

Depending on FIPS 199 impact level and whether the Industrial Control Systems (ICS/SCADA) subset of 800-53 is chosen,  LJK/Security™ starter templates provide Manual Inspection items in the following groups:

Determination Statement Number Group Names
NIST SP 800-53 R2 CP-9
CONTINGENCY
FACILITY
POLICY
NIST SP 800-53 R2 CP-9(1)
CONTINGENCY
HARDWARE
NIST SP 800-53 R2 CP-9(2)
CONTINGENCY
POLICY
NIST SP 800-53 R2 CP-9(3)
CONTINGENCY
POLICY
NIST SP 800-53 R2 CP-9(4)
POLICY
SYSTEM

Descriptions above apply to  LJK/Security™ Version 3.0.

The notation NIST SP 800-53 above refers in particular to NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 2.

Those NIST Special Publications specify security standards in support of FISMA for US Federal Government civil activities.

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