id: "AC-16(10)" title: "Attribute Configuration by Authorized Individuals" family: "AC" family_name: "Access Control" sort_id: "ac-16.10" priority: "P1" implementation_level: "organization" parent: "AC-16" enhancement: True
Statement
Provide authorized individuals the capability to define or change the type and value of security and privacy attributes available for association with subjects and objects.
Guidance
The content or assigned values of security and privacy attributes can directly affect the ability of individuals to access organizational information. Thus, it is important for systems to be able to limit the ability to create or modify the type and value of attributes available for association with subjects and objects to authorized individuals only.
Assessment Objective: authorized individuals are provided with the capability to define or change the type and value of security attributes available for association with subjects and objects;
Assessment Objective: authorized individuals are provided with the capability to define or change the type and value of privacy attributes available for association with subjects and objects.
Access control policy
procedures addressing configuration of security and privacy attributes by authorized individuals
system design documentation
system configuration settings and associated documentation
system audit records
system security plan
privacy plan
other relevant documents or records
Organizational personnel with responsibilities for defining or changing security and privacy attributes associated with information
organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities
system developers
Mechanisms implementing capability for defining or changing security and privacy attributes