SA-10(1)

Requirement

Require the developer of the system, system component, or system service to enable integrity verification of software and firmware components.

Discussion

Software and firmware integrity verification allows organizations to detect unauthorized changes to software and firmware components using developer-provided tools, techniques, and mechanisms. The integrity checking mechanisms can also address counterfeiting of software and firmware components. Organizations verify the integrity of software and firmware components, for example, through secure one-way hashes provided by developers. Delivered software and firmware components also include any updates to such components.

Title

Developer Configuration Management | Software and Firmware Integrity Verification
Family

System and Services Acquisition
NIST 800-53B Baseline(s)

NIST 800-53A Assessment Guidance

Examine

[SELECT FROM: System and services acquisition policy; procedures addressing system developer configuration management; solicitation documentation; acquisition documentation; service level agreements; acquisition contracts for the system, system component, or system service; system developer configuration management plan; software and firmware integrity verification records; system change authorization records; change control records; configuration management records; system security plan; supply chain risk management plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with system and service acquisition responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; organizational personnel with configuration management responsibilities; system developers; organizational personnel with supply chain risk management responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for monitoring developer configuration management; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the monitoring of developer configuration management].

ID	Assessment Objectives
SA-10(01)	the developer of the system, system component, or system service is required to enable integrity verification of software and firmware components.

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