id: "AC-04(32)" title: "Process Requirements for Information Transfer" family: "AC" family_name: "Access Control" sort_id: "ac-04.32" priority: "P1" implementation_level: "system" parent: "AC-04" enhancement: True


Statement

When transferring information between different security domains, the process that transfers information between filter pipelines:

Does not filter message content;

Validates filtering metadata;

Ensures the content associated with the filtering metadata has successfully completed filtering; and

Transfers the content to the destination filter pipeline.

Guidance

The processes transferring information between filter pipelines have minimum complexity and functionality to provide assurance that the processes operate correctly.

Assessment Objective: when transferring information between different security domains, the process that transfers information between filter pipelines does not filter message content;

Assessment Objective: when transferring information between different security domains, the process that transfers information between filter pipelines validates filtering metadata;

Assessment Objective: when transferring information between different security domains, the process that transfers information between filter pipelines ensures that the content with the filtering metadata has successfully completed filtering;

Assessment Objective: when transferring information between different security domains, the process that transfers information between filter pipelines transfers the content to the destination filter pipeline.

Information flow enforcement policy

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

Organizational personnel with information flow enforcement responsibilities

system/network administrators

organizational personnel with information security responsibilities

Mechanisms implementing information flow enforcement functions

mechanisms implementing content filtering