SI-5

Requirement
1. Receive system security alerts, advisories, and directives from [Assignment: organization-defined external organizations] on an ongoing basis;
2. Generate internal security alerts, advisories, and directives as deemed necessary;
3. Disseminate security alerts, advisories, and directives to: [Selection (one or more): [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles]; [Assignment: organization-defined elements within the organization]; [Assignment: organization-defined external organizations]]; and
4. Implement security directives in accordance with established time frames, or notify the issuing organization of the degree of noncompliance.

Discussion

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) generates security alerts and advisories to maintain situational awareness throughout the Federal Government. Security directives are issued by OMB or other designated organizations with the responsibility and authority to issue such directives. Compliance with security directives is essential due to the critical nature of many of these directives and the potential (immediate) adverse effects on organizational operations and assets, individuals, other organizations, and the Nation should the directives not be implemented in a timely manner. External organizations include supply chain partners, external mission or business partners, external service providers, and other peer or supporting organizations.

NIST 800-53A Assessment Guidance

Examine

[SELECT FROM: System and information integrity policy; system and information integrity procedures; procedures addressing security alerts, advisories, and directives; records of security alerts and advisories; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with security alert and advisory responsibilities; organizational personnel implementing, operating, maintaining, and using the system; organizational personnel, organizational elements, and/or external organizations to whom alerts, advisories, and directives are to be disseminated; system/network administrators; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for defining, receiving, generating, disseminating, and complying with security alerts, advisories, and directives; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the definition, receipt, generation, and dissemination of security alerts, advisories, and directives; mechanisms supporting and/or implementing security directives].

ID	Assessment Objectives
SI-05d.	security directives are implemented in accordance with established time frames or if the issuing organization is notified of the degree of noncompliance.
SI-05a.	system security alerts, advisories, and directives are received from <SI-05_ODP[01] external organizations> on an ongoing basis;
SI-05b.	internal security alerts, advisories, and directives are generated as deemed necessary;
SI-05c.	security alerts, advisories, and directives are disseminated to <SI-05_ODP[02] SELECTED PARAMETER VALUES>;

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