NIST 800-53 Rev. 5

MA-4(4): Nonlocal Maintenance | Authentication and Separation of Maintenance Sessions

Control Text:

Protect nonlocal maintenance sessions by: (a) Employing [Assignment: organization-defined authenticators that are replay resistant]; and (b) Separating the maintenance sessions from other network sessions with the system by either: (1) Physically separated communications paths; or (2) Logically separated communications paths.

Communications paths can be logically separated using encryption.

Related Controls

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