id: "SC-30(02)" title: "Randomness" family: "SC" family_name: "System and Communications Protection" sort_id: "sc-30.02" priority: "P1" implementation_level: "organization" parent: "SC-30" enhancement: True
Statement
Employ {{ insert: param, sc-30.02_odp }} to introduce randomness into organizational operations and assets.
Guidance
Randomness introduces increased levels of uncertainty for adversaries regarding the actions that organizations take to defend their systems against attacks. Such actions may impede the ability of adversaries to correctly target information resources of organizations that support critical missions or business functions. Uncertainty may also cause adversaries to hesitate before initiating or continuing attacks. Misdirection techniques that involve randomness include performing certain routine actions at different times of day, employing different information technologies, using different suppliers, and rotating roles and responsibilities of organizational personnel.
Assessment Objective
{{ insert: param, sc-30.02_odp }} are employed to introduce randomness into organizational operations and assets.
System and communications protection policy
procedures addressing concealment and misdirection techniques for the system
system design documentation
system configuration settings and associated documentation
system architecture
list of techniques to be employed to introduce randomness into organizational operations and assets
system audit records
system security plan
other relevant documents or records
System/network administrators
organizational personnel with information security responsibilities
organizational personnel with the responsibility to implement concealment and misdirection techniques for systems
Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing randomness as a concealment and misdirection technique