SA-17 Developer Security and Privacy Architecture and Design

Require the developer of the system, system component, or system service to produce a design specification and security and privacy architecture that: a. Is consistent with the organization’s security and privacy architecture that is an integral part the organization’s enterprise architecture; b. Accurately and completely describes the required security and privacy functionality, and the allocation of controls among physical and logical components; and c. Expresses how individual security and privacy functions, mechanisms, and services work together to provide required security and privacy capabilities and a unified approach to protection.

Source: NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, SA-17. The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 in the compliance library.

Base controls and their enhancements. Which apply follows the baseline you are assessed against (for example FedRAMP Moderate or High, or the low, moderate and high baselines of SP 800-53B). Text in square brackets is a parameter your organisation sets.