id: "AC-04(13)" title: "Decomposition into Policy-relevant Subcomponents" family: "AC" family_name: "Access Control" sort_id: "ac-04.13" priority: "P1" implementation_level: "system" parent: "AC-04" enhancement: True


Statement

When transferring information between different security domains, decompose information into {{ insert: param, ac-04.13_odp }} for submission to policy enforcement mechanisms.

Guidance

Decomposing information into policy-relevant subcomponents prior to information transfer facilitates policy decisions on source, destination, certificates, classification, attachments, and other security- or privacy-related component differentiators. Policy enforcement mechanisms apply filtering, inspection, and/or sanitization rules to the policy-relevant subcomponents of information to facilitate flow enforcement prior to transferring such information to different security domains.

Assessment Objective

when transferring information between different security domains, information is decomposed into {{ insert: param, ac-04.13_odp }} for submission to policy enforcement mechanisms.

Access control policy

information flow control policies

procedures addressing information flow enforcement

system design documentation

system configuration settings and associated documentation

system audit records

system security plan

other relevant documents or records

System/network administrators

organizational personnel with information security responsibilities

system developers

Mechanisms implementing information flow enforcement policy