SA-9 External System Services
Require providers of external system services to comply with security/privacy requirements; document oversight roles.
5
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
- Control implementation statement for SA-9 citing the system mission and inheritance from common controls · Document repository
- Vendor security questionnaires and SOC reports retained · Vendor register / contract repository
- Software bill of materials for in scope products · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Acquisition policy with security clauses for contracts · Vendor register / contract repository
- Secure software development lifecycle procedures · Policy repository / GRC workspace
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
- Vendor SOC reports collected but exceptions not analysed
- Code scan findings closed without verification of fix
- Security requirements absent from procurement templates for low value buys
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.
Build my evidence sheetSA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles · SA-9(1) External System Services | Risk Assessments and Organizational Approvals. (a) Conduct an organizational assessment of risk prior to the acquisition or outsourcing of information security services; and (b) Verify that the acquisition or outsourcing