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SC-50 Software-enforced Separation and Policy Enforcement

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Related controls: AC-3, AC-4, SA-8, SC-2, SC-3, SC-49

Implement software-enforced separation and policy enforcement mechanisms between [Assignment: organization-defined security domains].

NIST discussion

System owners may require additional strength of mechanism to ensure domain separation and policy enforcement for specific types of threats and environments of operation.

Objectives and methods for SC-50

Determine if software-enforced separation and policy enforcement mechanisms are implemented between [Assignment: organization-defined security domains].

Examine: System and communications protection policy; procedures addressing cross-domain policy enforcement; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; system audit records; system security plan; other relevant documents or records.

Interview: System/network administrators; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; organizational personnel installing, configuring, and/or maintaining the system.

Test: Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing software-enforced separation and policy enforcement.

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.