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TASK 2-4: Determine the likelihood that threat events of concern result in adverse impacts, considering: (i) the characteristics of the threat sources that could initiate the events; (ii) the vulnerabilities/predisposing conditions identified; and (iii) the organizational susceptibility reflecting the safeguards/count...
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CHAPTER 3 > TASK 2-4: Determine the likelihood that threat events of concern result in adverse impacts, considering: (i)
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SP-800-30r1/section/task-2-4-for-examples-.-organization-specific-risk-models-are-refined-as-part-of-preparation-for-a-risk-assessment-by-i
Task 2-4 for examples). Organization-specific risk models are refined as part of preparation for a risk assessment by: (i) identifying the risk model and the rationale for using it (when multiple organization-specific risk models are provided); (ii) providing additional examples for values of risk factors; and (iii) i...
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Section 2.3.1) and identify which model is to be used for the risk assessment. To facilitate reciprocity of assessment > Task 2-4 for examples). Organization-specific risk models are refined as part of preparation for a risk assessment by: (i)
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SP-800-30r1/section/task-2-5-determine-the-adverse-impacts-from-threat-events-of-concern-considering-i-the-characteristics-of
TASK 2-5: Determine the adverse impacts from threat events of concern considering: (i) the characteristics of the threat sources that could initiate the events; (ii) the vulnerabilities/predisposing conditions identified; and (iii) the susceptibility reflecting the safeguards/countermeasures planned or implemented to ...
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Appendix G provides a set of exemplary tables for use in determining likelihood of threat events: > TASK 2-5: Determine the adverse impacts from threat events of concern considering: (i) the characteristics of
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SP-800-30r1/section/task-2-6-determine-the-risk-to-the-organization-from-threat-events-of-concern-considering-i-the-impact
TASK 2-6: Determine the risk to the organization from threat events of concern considering: (i) the impact that would result from the events; and (ii) the likelihood of the events occurring. Supplemental Guidance: Organizations assess the risks from threat events as a combination of likelihood and impact. The level of...
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Appendix H provides a set of exemplary tables for use in determining adverse impacts: > TASK 2-6: Determine the risk to the organization from threat events of concern considering: (i) the impact
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SP-800-30r1/section/task-3-1-communicate-risk-assessment-results-to-organizational-decision-makers-to-support-risk-responses.
STEP 3: COMMUNICATE AND SHARE RISK ASSESSMENT RESULTS COMMUNICATE RISK ASSESSMENT RESULTS TASK 3-1: Communicate risk assessment results to organizational decision makers to support risk responses. Supplemental Guidance: Organizations can communicate risk assessment results in a variety of ways (e.g., executive brief...
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CHAPTER 3 > 3.3 COMMUNICATING AND SHARING RISK ASSESSMENT INFORMATION > TASK 3-1: Communicate risk assessment results to organizational decision makers to support risk responses.
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SP-800-30r1/section/task-3-2-share-risk-related-information-produced-during-the-risk-assessment-with-appropriate
TASK 3-2: Share risk-related information produced during the risk assessment with appropriate organizational personnel. Supplemental Guidance: Organizations share source information and intermediate results and provide guidance on sharing risk-related information. Information sharing occurs primarily within organizati...
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CHAPTER 3 > 3.3 COMMUNICATING AND SHARING RISK ASSESSMENT INFORMATION > TASK 3-2: Share risk-related information produced during the risk assessment with appropriate
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SP-800-30r1/section/task-4-1-conduct-ongoing-monitoring-of-the-risk-factors-that-contribute-to-changes-in-risk-to-organizational
STEP 4: MAINTAIN THE ASSESSMENT MONITOR RISK FACTORS TASK 4-1: Conduct ongoing monitoring of the risk factors that contribute to changes in risk to organizational operations and assets, individuals, other organizations, or the Nation. Supplemental Guidance: Organizations monitor risk factors of importance on an ongo...
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CHAPTER 3 > 3.4 MAINTAINING THE RISK ASSESSMENT > TASK 4-1: Conduct ongoing monitoring of the risk factors that contribute to changes in risk to organizational
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SP-800-30r1/section/task-4-2-update-existing-risk-assessment-using-the-results-from-ongoing-monitoring-of-risk-factors.
TASK 4-2: Update existing risk assessment using the results from ongoing monitoring of risk factors. Supplemental Guidance: Organizations determine the frequency and the circumstances under which risk assessments are updated. Such determinations can include, for example, the current level of risk to and/or the importa...
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CHAPTER 3 > TASK 4-2: Update existing risk assessment using the results from ongoing monitoring of risk factors.
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SP-800-30r1/section/the-fundamentals
THE FUNDAMENTALS BASIC CONCEPTS ASSOCIATED WITH RISK ASSESSMENTS his chapter describes the fundamental concepts associated with assessing information security risk within an organization including: (i) a high-level overview of the risk management process and the role risk assessments play in that process; (ii) the bas...
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CHAPTER TWO > THE FUNDAMENTALS
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SP-800-30r1/section/the-process
THE PROCESS CONDUCTING RISK ASSESSMENTS WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS his chapter describes the process of assessing information security risk including: (i) a high-level overview of the risk assessment process; (ii) the activities necessary to prepare for risk assessments; (iii) the activities necessary to conduct effective r...
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CHAPTER THREE > THE PROCESS
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SP-800-30r1/section/threat-events
THREAT EVENTS REPRESENTATIVE THREAT EVENTS INITIATED BY THREAT SOURCES his appendix provides: (i) a description of potentially useful inputs to the threat event identification task; (ii) representative examples of adversarial threat events expressed as tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and non-adversarial thr...
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APPENDIX E > THREAT EVENTS
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SP-800-30r1/section/threat-sources
CNSS Committee on National Security Systems COOP Continuity of Operations DoD Department of Defense FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards FISMA Federal Information Security Management Act IEC International Electrotechnical Commission ISO International Organization for Standardization NOFORN Not Rel...
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APPENDIX D > THREAT SOURCES
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SP-800-30r1/section/vulnerabilities-and-predisposing-conditions
VULNERABILITIES AND PREDISPOSING CONDITIONS RISK FACTORS AFFECTING THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESSFUL THREAT EXPLOITATION his appendix provides: (i) a description of potentially useful inputs to the vulnerability and predisposing condition identification task; (ii) an exemplary taxonomy of predisposing conditions; (iii) exe...
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APPENDIX F > VULNERABILITIES AND PREDISPOSING CONDITIONS
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SP-800-37r2/definition/adequate-security
adequate security: [OMB A-130] Security protections commensurate with the risk resulting from the unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction of information. This includes ensuring that information hosted on behalf of an agency and information systems and applications used by the agen...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/agency
agency: [OMB A-130] Any executive agency or department, military department, Federal Government corporation, Federal Government- controlled corporation, or other establishment in the Executive Branch of the Federal Government, or any independent regulatory agency.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/allocation
allocation: The process an organization employs to assign security or privacy requirements to an information system or its environment of operation; or to assign controls to specific system elements responsible for providing a security or privacy capability (e.g., router, server, remote sensor).
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SP-800-37r2/definition/assessment-plan
assessment plan: The objectives for the control assessments and a detailed roadmap of how to conduct such assessments.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/assessor
assessor: The individual, group, or organization responsible for conducting a security or privacy assessment.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/assignment-statement
assignment statement: A control parameter that allows an organization to assign a specific, organization-defined value to the control or control enhancement (e.g., assigning a list of roles to be notified or a value for the frequency of testing). See organization-defined control parameters and selection statement.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/assurance
assurance: [ISO 15026, Adapted] Grounds for justified confidence that a [security or privacy] claim has been or will be achieved. Note 1: Assurance is typically obtained relative to a set of specific claims. The scope and focus of such claims may vary (e.g., security claims, safety claims) and the claims themselves may...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/audit-log
audit log: [CNSSI 4009] A chronological record of system activities, including records of system accesses and operations performed in a given period.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/audit-trail
audit trail: A chronological record that reconstructs and examines the sequence of activities surrounding or leading to a specific operation, procedure, or event in a security-relevant transaction from inception to result.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/authentication
authentication: [FIPS 200] Verifying the identity of a user, process, or device, often as a prerequisite to allowing access to resources in a system.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/authenticity
authenticity: The property of being genuine and being able to be verified and trusted; confidence in the validity of a transmission, a message, or message originator. See authentication.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/authorization-boundary
authorization boundary: [OMB A-130] All components of an information system to be authorized for operation by an authorizing official. This excludes separately authorized systems to which the information system is connected.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/authorization-package
authorization package: [OMB A-130] The essential information that an authorizing official uses to determine whether to authorize the operation of an information system or the provision of a designated set of common controls. At a minimum, the authorization package includes an executive summary, system security plan, pr...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/authorization-to-operate
authorization to operate: [OMB A-130] The official management decision given by a senior Federal official or officials to authorize operation of an information system and to explicitly accept the risk to agency operations (including mission, functions, image, or reputation), agency assets, individuals, other organizati...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/authorization-to-use
authorization to use: The official management decision given by an authorizing official to authorize the use of an information system, service, or application based on the information in an existing authorization package generated by another organization, and to explicitly accept the risk to agency operations (includin...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/authorizing-official
authorizing official: [OMB A-130] A senior Federal official or executive with the authority to authorize (i.e., assume responsibility for) the operation of an information system or the use of a designated set of common controls at an acceptable level of risk to agency operations (including mission, functions, image, or...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/authorizing-official-designated-representative
authorizing official designated representative: An organizational official acting on behalf of an authorizing official in carrying out and coordinating the required activities associated with the authorization process.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/availability
availability: [44 USC 3552] Ensuring timely and reliable access to and use of information.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/baseline-configuration
baseline configuration: [SP 800-128, Adapted] A documented set of specifications for a system, or a configuration item within a system, that has been formally reviewed and agreed on at a given point in time, and which can be changed only through change control procedures.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/capability
capability: A combination of mutually reinforcing controls implemented by technical means, physical means, and procedural means. Such controls are typically selected to achieve a common information security or privacy purpose.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/capability-requirement
capability requirement: A type of requirement describing the capability that the organization or system must provide to satisfy a stakeholder need. Note: Capability requirements related to information security and privacy are derived from stakeholder protection needs and the corresponding security and privacy requireme...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/chain-of-trust
chain of trust: (supply chain) A certain level of trust in supply chain interactions such that each participant in the consumer-provider relationship provides adequate protection for its component products, systems, and services.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/chief-information-officer
chief information officer: [OMB A-130] The senior official that provides advice and other assistance to the head of the agency and other senior management personnel of the agency to ensure that IT is acquired and information resources are managed for the agency in a manner that achieves the agency's strategic goals and...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/chief-information-security-officer
chief information security officer: See Senior Agency Information Security Officer.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/classified-national-security-information
classified national security information: [CNSSI 4009] Information that has been determined pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13526 or any predecessor order to require protection against unauthorized disclosure and is marked to indicate its classified status when in documentary form.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/commodity-service
commodity service: A system service provided by a commercial service provider to a large and diverse set of consumers. The organization acquiring or receiving the commodity service possesses limited visibility into the management structure and operations of the provider, and while the organization may be able to negoti...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/common-control
common control: [OMB A-130] A security or privacy control that is inherited by multiple information systems or programs.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/common-control-provider
common control provider: An organizational official responsible for the development, implementation, assessment, and monitoring of common controls (i.e., controls inheritable by organizational systems).
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SP-800-37r2/definition/common-criteria
common criteria: [CNSSI 4009] Governing document that provides a comprehensive, rigorous method for specifying security function and assurance requirements for products and systems.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/compensating-controls
compensating controls: The security and privacy controls implemented in lieu of the controls in the baselines described in NIST Special Publication 800-53 that provide equivalent or comparable protection for a system or organization.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/confidentiality
confidentiality: [44 USC 3552] Preserving authorized restrictions on information access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/configuration-control
configuration control: [CNSSI 4009] Process for controlling modifications to hardware, firmware, software, and documentation to protect the information system against improper modifications before, during, and after system implementation.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/configuration-item
configuration item: [SP 800-128] An aggregation of system components that is designated for configuration management and treated as a single entity in the configuration management process.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/configuration-management
configuration management: [SP 800-128] A collection of activities focused on establishing and maintaining the integrity of information technology products and systems, through control of processes for initializing, changing, and monitoring the configurations of those products and systems throughout the system developme...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/configuration-settings
configuration settings: [SP 800-128] The set of parameters that can be changed in hardware, software, or firmware that affect the security posture and/or functionality of the system.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/continuous-monitoring
continuous monitoring: Maintaining ongoing awareness to support organizational risk decisions.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/continuous-monitoring-program
continuous monitoring program: A program established to collect information in accordance with preestablished metrics, utilizing information readily available in part through implemented security controls. Note: Privacy and security continuous monitoring strategies and programs can be the same or different strategies a...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/control-assessment
control assessment: The testing or evaluation of the controls in an information system or an organization to determine the extent to which the controls are implemented correctly, operating as intended, and producing the desired outcome with respect to meeting the security or privacy requirements for the system or the o...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/control-assessor
control assessor: The individual, group, or organization responsible for conducting a control assessment. See assessor.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/control-baseline
control baseline: The set of controls that are applicable to information or an information system to meet legal, regulatory, or policy requirements, as well as address protection needs for the purpose of managing risk.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/control-designation
control designation: The process of assigning a control to one of three control types: common, hybrid, or system-specific.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/control-effectiveness
control effectiveness: A measure of whether a given control is contributing to the reduction of information security or privacy risk.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/control-enhancement
control enhancement: Augmentation of a control to build in additional, but related, functionality to the control; increase the strength of the control; or add assurance to the control.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/control-inheritance
control inheritance: A situation in which a system or application receives protection from controls (or portions of controls) that are developed, implemented, assessed, authorized, and monitored by entities other than those responsible for the system or application; entities either internal or external to the organizat...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/controlled-unclassified-information
controlled unclassified information: [32 CFR 2002.4] Information that the Government creates or possesses, or that an entity creates or possesses for or on behalf of the Government, that a law, regulation, or Government-wide policy requires or permits an agency to handle using safeguarding or dissemination controls. Ho...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/countermeasures
countermeasures: [FIPS 200] Actions, devices, procedures, techniques, or other measures that reduce the vulnerability of a system. Synonymous with security controls and safeguards.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/cybersecurity
cybersecurity: [OMB A-130] Prevention of damage to, protection of, and restoration of computers, electronic communications systems, electronic communications services, wire communication, and electronic communication, including information contained therein, to ensure its availability, integrity, authentication, confid...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/cybersecurity-framework
cybersecurity framework: [NIST CSF] A risk-based approach to reducing cybersecurity risk composed of three parts: the Framework Core, the Framework Profile, and the Framework Implementation Tiers.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/cybersecurity-framework-category
cybersecurity framework category: [NIST CSF] The subdivision of a Function into groups of cybersecurity outcomes, closely tied to programmatic needs and particular activities.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/cybersecurity-framework-core
cybersecurity framework core: [NIST CSF] A set of cybersecurity activities and references that are common across critical infrastructure sectors and are organized around particular outcomes. The Framework Core comprises four types of elements: Functions, Categories, Subcategories, and Informative References.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/cybersecurity-framework-function
cybersecurity framework function: [NIST CSF] One of the main components of the Framework. Functions provide the highest level of structure for organizing basic cybersecurity activities into Categories and Subcategories. The five functions are Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/cybersecurity-framework-profile
cybersecurity framework profile: [NIST CSF] A representation of the outcomes that a particular system or organization has selected from the Framework Categories and Subcategories.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/cybersecurity-framework-subcategory
cybersecurity framework subcategory: [NIST CSF] The subdivision of a Category into specific outcomes of technical and/or management activities.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/derived-requirements
derived requirements: [SP 800-160 v1] A requirement that is implied or transformed from a higher-level requirement. Note 1: Implied requirements cannot be assessed since they are not contained in any requirements baseline. The decomposition of requirements throughout the engineering process makes implicit requirements ...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/detect-csf-function
detect (CSF function): [NIST CSF] Develop and implement the appropriate activities to identify the occurrence of a cybersecurity event.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/developer
developer: A general term that includes developers or manufacturers of systems, system components, or system services; systems integrators; vendors; and product resellers. Development of systems, components, or services can occur internally within organizations or through external entities.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/enterprise
enterprise: [CNSSI 4009] An organization with a defined mission/goal and a defined boundary, using systems to execute that mission, and with responsibility for managing its own risks and performance. An enterprise may consist of all or some of the following business aspects: acquisition, program management, human resou...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/enterprise-architecture
enterprise architecture: [44 USC 3601] A strategic information asset base, which defines the mission; the information necessary to perform the mission; the technologies necessary to perform the mission; and the transitional processes for implementing new technologies in response to changing mission needs; and includes ...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/environment-of-operation
environment of operation: [OMB A-130] The physical surroundings in which an information system processes, stores, and transmits information.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/event
event: [SP 800-61, Adapted] Any observable occurrence in a network or information system.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/executive-agency
executive agency: [OMB A-130] An executive department specified in 5 U.S.C. Sec. 101; a military department specified in 5 U.S.C. Sec. 102; an independent establishment as defined in 5 U.S.C. Sec. 104(1); and a wholly owned Government corporation fully subject to the provisions of 31 U.S.C. Chapter 91.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/external-system-or-component
external system (or component): A system or system element that is outside of the authorization boundary established by the organization and for which the organization typically has no direct control over the application of required controls or the assessment of control effectiveness.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/external-system-service
external system service: A system service that is implemented outside of the authorization boundary of the organizational system (i.e., a service that is used by, but not a part of, the organizational system) and for which the organization typically has no direct control over the application of required controls or the...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/external-system-service-provider
external system service provider: A provider of external system services to an organization through a variety of consumer-producer relationships including but not limited to: joint ventures; business partnerships; outsourcing arrangements (i.e., through contracts, interagency agreements, lines of business arrangements)...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/federal-enterprise-architecture
federal enterprise architecture: [OMB FEA] A business-based framework for governmentwide improvement developed by the Office of Management and Budget that is intended to facilitate efforts to transform the federal government to one that is citizen-centered, results-oriented, and market-based.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/federal-information-system
federal information system: [40 USC 11331] An information system used or operated by an executive agency, by a contractor of an executive agency, or by another organization on behalf of an executive agency.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/firmware
firmware: [CNSSI 4009] Computer programs and data stored in hardware - typically in read-only memory (ROM) or programmable read-only memory (PROM) - such that the programs and data cannot be dynamically written or modified during execution of the programs. See hardware and software.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/hardware
hardware: [CNSSI 4009] The material physical components of a system. See software and firmware.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/high-impact-system
high-impact system: [FIPS 200] A system in which at least one security objective (i.e., confidentiality, integrity, or availability) is assigned a FIPS Publication 199 potential impact value of high.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/hybrid-control
hybrid control: [OMB A-130] A security or privacy control that is implemented for an information system in part as a common control and in part as a system-specific control. See common control and system-specific control.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/identify-csf-function
identify (CSF function): [NIST CSF] Develop and implement the appropriate activities to identify the occurrence of a cybersecurity event.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/impact
impact: With respect to security, the effect on organizational operations, organizational assets, individuals, other organizations, or the Nation (including the national security interests of the United States) of a loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability of information or a system. With respect to privacy,...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/impact-value
impact value: [FIPS 199] The assessed worst-case potential impact that could result from a compromise of the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of information expressed as a value of low, moderate or high.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/incident
incident: [44 USC 3552] An occurrence that actually or imminently jeopardizes, without lawful authority, the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of information or an information system; or constitutes a violation or imminent threat of violation of law, security policies, security procedures, or acceptable use p...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/independent-verification-and-validation
independent verification and validation: [CNSSI 4009] A comprehensive review, analysis, and testing, (software and/or hardware) performed by an objective third party to confirm (i.e., verify) that the requirements are correctly defined, and to confirm (i.e., validate) that the system correctly implements the required f...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/industrial-control-system
industrial control system: [SP 800-82] General term that encompasses several types of control systems, including supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, distributed control systems (DCS), and other control system configurations such as programmable logic controllers (PLC) often found in the industrial...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/information
information: [OMB A-130] Any communication or representation of knowledge such as facts, data, or opinions in any medium or form, including textual, numerical, graphic, cartographic, narrative, electronic, or audiovisual forms.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/information-life-cycle
information life cycle: [OMB A-130] The stages through which information passes, typically characterized as creation or collection, processing, dissemination, use, storage, and disposition, to include destruction and deletion.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/information-owner
information owner: Official with statutory or operational authority for specified information and responsibility for establishing the controls for its generation, collection, processing, dissemination, and disposal.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/information-resources
information resources: [44 USC 3502] Information and related resources, such as personnel, equipment, funds, and information technology.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/information-security
information security: [44 USC 3552] The protection of information and systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/information-security-architecture
information security architecture: [OMB A-130] An embedded, integral part of the enterprise architecture that describes the structure and behavior of the enterprise security processes, security systems, personnel and organizational subunits, showing their alignment with the enterprise's mission and strategic plans. See...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/information-security-program-plan
information security program plan: [OMB A-130] Formal document that provides an overview of the security requirements for an organization-wide information security program and describes the program management controls and common controls in place or planned for meeting those requirements.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/information-security-risk
information security risk: [SP 800-30] The risk to organizational operations (including mission, functions, image, reputation), organizational assets, individuals, other organizations, and the Nation due to the potential for unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction of information a...
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SP-800-37r2/definition/information-steward
information steward: An agency official with statutory or operational authority for specified information and responsibility for establishing the controls for its generation, collection, processing, dissemination, and disposal.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/information-system
information system: [44 USC 3502] A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information.
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SP-800-37r2/definition/information-system-security-officer
information system security officer: [CNSSI 4009] Individual with assigned responsibility for maintaining the appropriate operational security posture for an information system or program.
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