SA-15(7)

Discussion

Automated tools can be more effective at analyzing exploitable weaknesses or deficiencies in large and complex systems, prioritizing vulnerabilities by severity, and providing recommendations for risk mitigations.

Title

Development Process, Standards, and Tools | Automated Vulnerability Analysis
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 development process, standards, and tools; solicitation documentation; acquisition documentation; service level agreements; acquisition contracts for the system, system component, or system service; vulnerability analysis tools and associated documentation; risk assessment reports; vulnerability analysis results; vulnerability mitigation reports; risk mitigation strategy documentation; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with system and service acquisition responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; system developer; organizational personnel performing automated vulnerability analysis on the system].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for vulnerability analysis of systems, system components, or system services under development; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing vulnerability analysis of systems, system components, or system services under development].

ID	Assessment Objectives
SA-15(07)(c)	the developer of the system, system component, or system service is required to determine potential risk mitigations <SA-15(07)_ODP[01] frequency> for delivered vulnerabilities;
SA-15(07)(d)	the developer of the system, system component, or system service is required to deliver the outputs of the tools and results of the analysis <SA-15(07)_ODP[01] frequency> to <SA-15(07)_ODP[03] personnel or roles>.
SA-15(07)(a)	the developer of the system, system component, or system service is required to perform automated vulnerability analysis <SA-15(07)_ODP[01] frequency> using <SA-15(07)_ODP[02] tools>;
SA-15(07)(b)	the developer of the system, system component, or system service is required to determine the exploitation potential for discovered vulnerabilities <SA-15(07)_ODP[01] frequency>;

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