id: "SC-16(01)" title: "Integrity Verification" family: "SC" family_name: "System and Communications Protection" sort_id: "sc-16.01" priority: "P1" implementation_level: "system" parent: "SC-16" enhancement: True


Statement

Verify the integrity of transmitted security and privacy attributes.

Guidance

Part of verifying the integrity of transmitted information is ensuring that security and privacy attributes that are associated with such information have not been modified in an unauthorized manner. Unauthorized modification of security or privacy attributes can result in a loss of integrity for transmitted information.

Assessment Objective: the integrity of transmitted security attributes is verified;

Assessment Objective: the integrity of transmitted privacy attributes is verified.

System and communications protection policy

procedures addressing the transmission of security and privacy attributes

access control policy and procedures

system design documentation

system configuration settings and associated documentation

system audit records

system security plan

privacy plan

other relevant documents or records

System/network administrators

organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities

Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing verification of the integrity of transmitted security and privacy attributes