NIST 800-53 Rev. 5

AC-3(5): Access Enforcement | Security-relevant Information

Control Text:

Prevent access to [Assignment: organization-defined security-relevant information] except during secure, non-operable system states.

Security-relevant information is information within systems that can potentially impact the operation of security functions or the provision of security services in a manner that could result in failure to enforce system security and privacy policies or maintain the separation of code and data. Security-relevant information includes access control lists, filtering rules for routers or firewalls, configuration parameters for security services, and cryptographic key management information. Secure, non-operable system states include the times in which systems are not performing mission or business-related processing, such as when the system is offline for maintenance, boot-up, troubleshooting, or shut down.

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