MA-4 Nonlocal maintenance
What the standard requires
a. Approve and monitor nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic activities; b. Allow the use of nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic tools only as consistent with organizational policy and documented in the security plan for the system; c. Employ strong authentication in the establishment of nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic sessions; d. Maintain records for nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic activities; and e. Terminate session and network connections when nonlocal maintenance is completed.
Quoted verbatim from NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 (OSCAL catalog), which is in the public domain.
Maps to 1 control in 1 other framework
| Framework | Control |
|---|---|
| HITRUST CSF v11 | 01.f.04 Remote diagnostic and configuration port access is controlled |
Mappings are CMDash’s own, seeded with the product and shown on both frameworks they connect. In the product they mean evidence you attach here also counts against the controls listed above.
In CMDash this control is a row with an owner, a status, uploaded evidence kept with its full history, and an export an assessor can read.