id: "SC-51" title: "Hardware-based Protection" family: "SC" family_name: "System and Communications Protection" sort_id: "sc-51" priority: "P1" implementation_level: "system"
Employ hardware-based, write-protect for {{ insert: param, sc-51_odp.01 }} ; and
Implement specific procedures for {{ insert: param, sc-51_odp.02 }} to manually disable hardware write-protect for firmware modifications and re-enable the write-protect prior to returning to operational mode.
Guidance
None.
Assessment Objective: hardware-based write-protect for {{ insert: param, sc-51_odp.01 }} is employed;
Assessment Objective: specific procedures are implemented for {{ insert: param, sc-51_odp.02 }} to manually disable hardware write-protect for firmware modifications;
Assessment Objective: specific procedures are implemented for {{ insert: param, sc-51_odp.02 }} to re-enable the write-protect prior to returning to operational mode.
System and communications protection policy
procedures addressing firmware modifications
system design documentation
system configuration settings and associated documentation
system architecture
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
Organizational processes for modifying system firmware
mechanisms supporting and/or implementing hardware-based write-protection for system firmware