id: "SA-10(06)" title: "Trusted Distribution" family: "SA" family_name: "System and Services Acquisition" sort_id: "sa-10.06" priority: "P1" implementation_level: "organization" parent: "SA-10" enhancement: True
Statement
Require the developer of the system, system component, or system service to execute procedures for ensuring that security-relevant hardware, software, and firmware updates distributed to the organization are exactly as specified by the master copies.
Guidance
The trusted distribution of security-relevant hardware, software, and firmware updates help to ensure that the updates are correct representations of the master copies maintained by the developer and have not been tampered with during distribution.
Assessment Objective
the developer of the system, system component, or system service is required to execute procedures for ensuring that security-relevant hardware, software, and firmware updates distributed to the organization are exactly as specified by the master copies.
System and services acquisition policy
procedures addressing system developer configuration management
solicitation documentation
acquisition documentation
service level agreements
acquisition contracts for the system, system component, or system service
system developer configuration management plan
change control records
configuration management records
system security plan
other relevant documents or records
Organizational personnel with system and service acquisition responsibilities
organizational personnel with information security responsibilities
organizational personnel with configuration management responsibilities
system developers
Organizational processes for monitoring developer configuration management
mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the monitoring of developer configuration management