EvidenceSheet
FedRAMP High · SA - System and Services Acquisition

SA-4(5) System, Component, and Service Configurations

Require developer to deliver system with security configurations preconfigured.

1
artefacts
0
held by a system
0
at each review
hard
to go live
Vendor register / contract repository
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review

system holds itEvidence a system already holds

none for this control

periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review

none for this control

governing documentDocuments that govern the control

  • Secure defaults · Vendor register / contract repository

First move

This control is evidenced by people and documents, not systems. Put the document under version control with an owner and review date, and log each review as a record with reviewer and date. Do not try to automate it.

Common gaps auditors find

Do this for your whole sheet

Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.

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SA-4(2) Acquisition Process | Design and Implementation Information for Controls. Require the developer of the system, system component, or system service to provide design and implementation information for the controls that includes: [Selection (one or · SA-4(9) Acquisition Process | Functions, Ports, Protocols, and Services in Use. Require the developer of the system, system component, or system service to identify the functions, ports, protocols, and services intended for organizational use