id: "SC-30(03)" title: "Change Processing and Storage Locations" family: "SC" family_name: "System and Communications Protection" sort_id: "sc-30.03" priority: "P1" implementation_level: "organization" parent: "SC-30" enhancement: True
Statement
Change the location of {{ insert: param, sc-30.03_odp.01 }} {{ insert: param, sc-30.03_odp.02 }}].
Guidance
Adversaries target critical mission and business functions and the systems that support those mission and business functions while also trying to minimize the exposure of their existence and tradecraft. The static, homogeneous, and deterministic nature of organizational systems targeted by adversaries make such systems more susceptible to attacks with less adversary cost and effort to be successful. Changing processing and storage locations (also referred to as moving target defense) addresses the advanced persistent threat using techniques such as virtualization, distributed processing, and replication. This enables organizations to relocate the system components (i.e., processing, storage) that support critical mission and business functions. Changing the locations of processing activities and/or storage sites introduces a degree of uncertainty into the targeting activities of adversaries. The targeting uncertainty increases the work factor of adversaries and makes compromises or breaches of the organizational systems more difficult and time-consuming. It also increases the chances that adversaries may inadvertently disclose certain aspects of their tradecraft while attempting to locate critical organizational resources.
Assessment Objective
the location of {{ insert: param, sc-30.03_odp.01 }} is changed {{ insert: param, sc-30.03_odp.02 }}.
System and communications protection policy
configuration management policy and procedures
procedures addressing concealment and misdirection techniques for the system
list of processing/storage locations to be changed at organizational time intervals
change control records
configuration management records
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 change processing and/or storage locations
Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing changing processing and/or storage locations