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SI-3(4) MALICIOUS CODE PROTECTION  |  UPDATES ONLY BY PRIVILEGED USERS

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si-3(4)

malicious code protection  | updates only by privileged users

 

assessment objective:

Determine if the information system updates malicious code protection mechanisms only when directed by a privileged user.

potential assessment methods and objects:

Examine: [select from: System and information integrity policy; procedures addressing malicious code protection; information system design documentation; malicious code protection mechanisms; records of malicious code protection updates; information system configuration settings and associated documentation; information system audit records; other relevant documents or records].

Interview: [select from: System/network administrators; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; system developers; organizational personnel installing, configuring, and/or maintaining the information system; organizational personnel with responsibility for malicious code protection].

Test: [select from: Automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing malicious code protection capability].

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