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System and Services Acquisition (SA)

The System and Services Acquisition family has 17 active controls in SP 800-53 release 5.2.0. “Yes” marks membership in the SP 800-53B baselines.

ControlTitleLowModerateHighPrivacy
SA-1Policy and ProceduresYesYesYesYes
SA-2Allocation of ResourcesYesYesYesYes
SA-3System Development Life CycleYesYesYesYes
SA-4Acquisition ProcessYesYesYesYes
SA-5System DocumentationYesYesYes
SA-8Security and Privacy Engineering PrinciplesYesYesYes
SA-9External System ServicesYesYesYesYes
SA-10Developer Configuration ManagementYesYes
SA-11Developer Testing and EvaluationYesYesYes
SA-15Development Process, Standards, and ToolsYesYes
SA-16Developer-provided TrainingYes
SA-17Developer Security and Privacy Architecture and DesignYes
SA-20Customized Development of Critical Components
SA-21Developer ScreeningYes
SA-22Unsupported System ComponentsYesYesYes
SA-23Specialization
SA-24Design For Cyber Resiliency

Withdrawn controls: SA-6, SA-7, SA-12, SA-13, SA-14, SA-18, SA-19.

Independent guidance, not an official NIST publication. Control text is from NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 and SP 800-53A (public domain). Original content is licensed CC BY 4.0; program templates and the downloadable kit are dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0.