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AM.4.226
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Control Acronym
AM
Family
Asset Management
CMMC Level
4
800-171 Control #
N/A
CMMC Description
Employ a capability to discover and identify systems with specific component attributes (e.g., firmware level, OS type) within your inventory.
CMMC Clarification
One purpose an organization might have in determining the component attributes is to identify and locate specific systems in the event a vulnerability is discovered in the hardware or software installed so patches can be rapidly deployed to these systems or have the systems isolated from the network. For small organizations or small enclaves, this might be achieved with manual processes. Automation is expected as scale increases in order to achieve results in an operational meaningful timeframe. Example 1 You are an IT administrator for your organization. You learn from the vendor about a privilege escalation vulnerability in version 9.3.201 of an application when running on macOS 10.14. Since you have this version of the application installed at your organization, you download the patch the vendor has released to correct this vulnerability. You run a report to identify all the macOS 10.14 systems with this version the software application installed. You schedule a job to install the patch the next time each of the systems on the report connects to the network. Example 2 You are on the cyber hunt team and find out there is a technique in the wild that adversaries are using against an IoT sensor that your organization has deployed. You check your system to identify how many of these sensors are currently connected to the network and their IP Addresses. You provide this information to the cyber operations team for increased monitoring until the vendor releases a patch.
800-171 Description
800-171 Discussion
N/A
Other Source Discussion
Organizations employ systems that can assess assets connected to the network in real time, or can create an inventory identifying system-specific information required for component accountability and to provide support to identify, control, monitor, and verify configuration items in accordance with the authoritative source. For user computing systems this should include: firmware level, OS type, drive type, network and wireless card vendors, monitor card type and vendor, and software applications installed on that system.
CIS Control References
CIS Controls v7.1 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5
NIST 800-53 Control Ref.
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 4 CM-8
CMMC Derived
NIST CSF Control References
NIST 800-171 References
Applicable FAR Clause
NIST CSF Control Reference
NIST CSF v1.1 ID.AM-1, ID.AM-2
CERT RMM Reference
CERT RMM v1.2 ADM:SG1.SP1
Modification of NIST 800-171B Reference
CMMC modification of Draft NIST SP 800-171B 3.4.3e