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SA-4(6) ACQUISITION PROCESS  |  USE OF INFORMATION ASSURANCE PRODUCTS

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sa-4(6)

acquisition process  | use of information assurance products

 

assessment objective:

Determine if the organization:

sa-4(6)(a)

employs only government off-the-shelf (GOTS) or commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) information assurance (IA) and IA-enabled information technology products that compose an NSA-approved solution to protect classified information when the networks used to transmit the information are at a lower classification level than the information being transmitted; and

sa-4(6)(b)

ensures that these products have been evaluated and/or validated by the NSA or in accordance with NSA-approved procedures.

potential assessment methods and objects:

Examine: [select from: System and services acquisition policy; procedures addressing the integration of information security requirements, descriptions, and criteria into the acquisition process; solicitation documents; acquisition documentation; acquisition contracts for the information system, system component, or information system service; security configurations to be implemented by developer of the information system, system component, or information system service; service-level agreements; other relevant documents or records].

Interview: [select from: Organizational personnel with acquisition/contracting responsibilities; organizational personnel with responsibility for determining information system security requirements; organizational personnel responsible for ensuring information assurance products are NSA-approved and are evaluated and/or validated products in accordance with NSA-approved procedures; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities].

Test: [select from: Organizational processes for selecting and employing evaluated and/or validated information assurance products and services that compose an NSA-approved solution to protect classified information].

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