SA-9(8)

Requirement

Restrict the geographic location of information processing and data storage to facilities located within in the legal jurisdictional boundary of the United States.

Discussion

The geographic location of information processing and data storage can have a direct impact on the ability of organizations to successfully execute their mission and business functions. A compromise or breach of high impact information and systems can have severe or catastrophic adverse impacts on organizational assets and operations, individuals, other organizations, and the Nation. Restricting the processing and storage of high-impact information to facilities within the legal jurisdictional boundary of the United States provides greater control over such processing and storage.

Title

External System Services | Processing and Storage Location — U.S. Jurisdiction
Family

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

NIST 800-53A Assessment Guidance

Examine

[SELECT FROM: System and services acquisition policy; system and services acquisition procedures; procedures addressing external system services; acquisition contracts for the system, system component, or system service; solicitation documentation; acquisition documentation; service level agreements; procedures addressing determining jurisdiction restrictions for processing and storage location; information/data and/or system services; organizational security requirements or conditions for external providers; 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; organization personnel with supply chain risk management responsibilities; external providers of system services].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes restricting external system service providers to process and store information within the legal jurisdictional boundary of the United States].

ID	Assessment Objectives
SA-09(08)	the geographic location of information processing and data storage is restricted to facilities located within the legal jurisdictional boundary of the United States.

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