SC-15 Collaborative Computing Devices and Applications
a. Prohibit remote activation of collaborative computing devices and applications with the following exceptions: organization-defined exceptions where remote activation is to be allowed; and b. Provide an explicit indication of use to users physically present at the devices.
Source: NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, SC-15. 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.
These are the artefacts auditors commonly ask for on this requirement, our guidance rather than text from the standard. Your assessor decides what is sufficient in your context, and asks for samples across the period when a report covers one.
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
none for this control
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- System audit records · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Test of Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the management of remote activation of collaborative computing devices; mechanisms providing an indication of use of collaborative computing devices · Endpoint management (MDM / EDR)
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- System and communications protection policy · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Procedures addressing collaborative computing · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Access control policy and procedures · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- System design documentation · Document repository
- System configuration settings and associated documentation · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- System security plan · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Common gaps auditors find
- Collaborative devices such as cameras and microphones can be remotely activated outside the defined exceptions
- Collaborative computing devices give no explicit indication of use to people physically present
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 sheetSC-13 Cryptographic Protection · SC-15(1) Collaborative Computing Devices and Applications | Physical or Logical Disconnect