FedRAMP Moderate
SA - System and Services Acquisition

FedRAMP Moderate SA-5: System Documentation

Obtain administrator and user documentation; protect; distribute to FedRAMP-defined personnel.

Maintained by Gerard BlokdykVerified against the published standard Control text last updated

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 24 controls across 16 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

PCI DSS 4.0 · 4 controls

  • 10.2.1 10.2.1 Audit logging enabled on all system components
  • 12.1.1 12.1.1 Overall information security policy established and disseminated
  • 2.1.1 2.1.1 Requirement 2 policies and procedures governed
  • 6.1.1 6.1.1 Requirement 6 policies and procedures maintained and communicated

SOC 2 · 3 controls

  • SOC2-CC2.1 CC2.1 Relevant, quality information to support internal control (COSO principle 13)
  • SOC2-CC2.2 CC2.2 Internal communication of objectives and control responsibilities (COSO principle 14)
  • SOC2-CC5.3 CC5.3 Deploying controls through policies and procedures (COSO principle 12)

C5 (Germany) · 2 controls

  • C5-PI-01 Documentation and safety of input and output interfaces
  • C5-PSS-01 Guidelines and Recommendations for Cloud Customers

ISO/IEC 42001:2023 · 2 controls

  • A.6.2.7 AI system technical documentation
  • A.8.2 System documentation and information for users

NIST SP 800-218 · 2 controls

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-12.4 Establish and Maintain Architecture Diagram(s)

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 22301:2019 · 1 control

  • 7.5.3 Control of documented information

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.37 Documented operating procedures

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.37 Documented operating procedures
  • SA-5 SA-5 System Documentation
  • SA-5 SA-5 System Documentation
  • SA-5 SA-5 System Documentation

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

Other controls in SA - System and Services Acquisition

You are reading one control. How much of FedRAMP Moderate have you already done?

FedRAMP Moderate SA-5 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of FedRAMP Moderate your existing evidence covers. Hold ISO 27002:2022 and 182 of 323 FedRAMP Moderate controls already carry evidence.

Each report names every control your existing framework evidences, every one it does not, the reasoning behind each claim, and the claims that were argued against and rejected. 348 were rejected on the ISO 27002:2022 pair alone.

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