id: "SC-36(01)" title: "Polling Techniques" family: "SC" family_name: "System and Communications Protection" sort_id: "sc-36.01" priority: "P1" implementation_level: "organization" parent: "SC-36" enhancement: True
Employ polling techniques to identify potential faults, errors, or compromises to the following processing and storage components: {{ insert: param, sc-36.01_odp.01 }} ; and
Take the following actions in response to identified faults, errors, or compromises: {{ insert: param, sc-36.01_odp.02 }}.
Guidance
Distributed processing and/or storage may be used to reduce opportunities for adversaries to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of organizational information and systems. However, the distribution of processing and storage components does not prevent adversaries from compromising one or more of the components. Polling compares the processing results and/or storage content from the distributed components and subsequently votes on the outcomes. Polling identifies potential faults, compromises, or errors in the distributed processing and storage components.
Assessment Objective: polling techniques are employed to identify potential faults, errors, or compromises to {{ insert: param, sc-36.01_odp.01 }};
Assessment Objective: {{ insert: param, sc-36.01_odp.02 }} are taken in response to identified faults, errors, or compromise.
System and communications protection policy
system design documentation
system configuration settings and associated documentation
system architecture
list of distributed processing and storage components subject to polling
system polling techniques and associated documentation or records
system audit records
system security plan
other relevant documents or records
System/network administrators
organizational personnel with information security responsibilities
organizational personnel installing, configuring, and/or maintaining the system
system developers/integrators
Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing polling techniques