id: "CM-07(02)" title: "Prevent Program Execution" family: "CM" family_name: "Configuration Management" sort_id: "cm-07.02" priority: "P1" implementation_level: "system" parent: "CM-07" enhancement: True


Statement

Prevent program execution in accordance with {{ insert: param, cm-07.02_odp.01 }}.

Guidance

Prevention of program execution addresses organizational policies, rules of behavior, and/or access agreements that restrict software usage and the terms and conditions imposed by the developer or manufacturer, including software licensing and copyrights. Restrictions include prohibiting auto-execute features, restricting roles allowed to approve program execution, permitting or prohibiting specific software programs, or restricting the number of program instances executed at the same time.

Assessment Objective

program execution is prevented in accordance with {{ insert: param, cm-07.02_odp.01 }}.

Configuration management policy

procedures addressing least functionality in the system

configuration management plan

system design documentation

system configuration settings and associated documentation

system component inventory

common secure configuration checklists

specifications for preventing software program execution

change control records

system audit records

system security plan

other relevant documents or records

Organizational personnel with information security responsibilities

system/network administrators

system developers

Organizational processes preventing program execution on the system

organizational processes for software program usage and restrictions

mechanisms preventing program execution on the system

mechanisms supporting and/or implementing software program usage and restrictions