NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3
03.07 MA (Maintenance)

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 03.07.04: Maintenance Tools

Approve, control, and monitor the use of system maintenance tools; check media containing diagnostic and test programs for malicious code before use.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 18 controls across 11 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

FedRAMP High · 4 controls

  • MA-2 Controlled Maintenance
  • MA-3 Maintenance Tools (MA-3)
  • MA-3(1) Maintenance Tools | Inspect Tools (MA-3(1))
  • MA-3(2) Maintenance Tools | Inspect Media (MA-3(2))

FedRAMP Moderate · 4 controls

  • MA-2 Controlled Maintenance
  • MA-3 Maintenance Tools (MA-3)
  • MA-3(1) Maintenance Tools | Inspect Tools (MA-3(1))
  • MA-3(2) Maintenance Tools | Inspect Media (MA-3(2))

CMMC 2.0 · 2 controls

  • ANSSI-HYG-15 Protect Against Threats Related to Removable Media
  • SEC06-BP03 Reduce manual management and interactive access

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 7.13 Equipment maintenance

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 7.13 Equipment maintenance
  • NIST-CSF-PR.PS-03 Hardware is maintained, replaced, and removed commensurate with risk

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 03.07 MA (Maintenance)

You are reading one control. How much of NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 have you already done?

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 03.07.04 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 your existing evidence covers. Hold PCI DSS 4.0 and 69 of 97 NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 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. 0 were rejected on the PCI DSS 4.0 pair alone.

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