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NIST 800-53 rev.5

NIST 800-53 rev.5/System and Services Acquisition/657 of 1011

SA-05System Documentation

Control family: System and Services Acquisition

Control description

a. Obtain or develop administrator documentation for the system, system component, or system service that describes:

1. Secure configuration, installation, and operation of the system, component, or service;

2. Effective use and maintenance of security and privacy functions and mechanisms; and

3. Known vulnerabilities regarding configuration and use of administrative or privileged functions;

b. Obtain or develop user documentation for the system, system component, or system service that describes:

1. User-accessible security and privacy functions and mechanisms and how to effectively use those functions and mechanisms;

2. Methods for user interaction, which enables individuals to use the system, component, or service in a more secure manner and protect individual privacy; and

3. User responsibilities in maintaining the security of the system, component, or service and privacy of individuals;

c. Document attempts to obtain system, system component, or system service documentation when such documentation is either unavailable or nonexistent and take [Assignment: organization-defined actions] in response; and

d. Distribute documentation to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles].

How to implement

Coming in phase 2Step-by-step guidance for implementing this control on Microsoft Azure, using services such as Azure Policy, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Entra ID. It will be matched to your environment.