NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5
MA - Maintenance

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 NIST800-MA-5: MA-5 Maintenance Personnel

a. Establish a process for maintenance personnel authorization and maintain a list of authorized maintenance organizations or personnel; b. Verify that non-escorted personnel performing maintenance on the system possess the required access authorizations; and c. Designate organizational personnel with required access authorizations and technical competence to supervise the maintenance activities of personnel who do not possess the required access authorizations.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 21 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.

CMMC 2.0 · 2 controls

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • MA-5 Maintenance Personnel
  • MA-5(1) Maintenance Personnel | Individuals Without Appropriate Access (MA-5(1))

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • MA-5 Maintenance Personnel
  • MA-5(1) Maintenance Personnel | Individuals Without Appropriate Access (MA-5(1))

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 7.13 Equipment maintenance
  • 7.6 Working in secure areas
  • ASBv3-PA-8 Determine access process for cloud provider support

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-HR-01 Verification of qualification and trustworthiness

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-14.9 Conduct Role-Specific Security Awareness and Skills Training

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 7.13 Equipment maintenance
  • NIST-CSF-PR.AA-05 Access permissions, entitlements, and authorizations are defined in a policy, managed, enforced, and reviewed, and incorporate the principles of least privilege and separation of duties
  • MA-5 MA-5 Maintenance Personnel
  • MA-5 MA-5 Maintenance Personnel
  • MA-5 MA-5 Maintenance Personnel

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 12.7.1 12.7.1 Pre-hire screening of personnel with CDE access

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC6.4 CC6.4 Restricting physical access to facilities and assets

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.

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