EvidenceSheet
NIST SP 800-218 (SSDF) · NIST SP 800-218: Access Control

PW.9.2 Implement and Document Secure Defaults

Implement the default settings (or groups of settings), and document each setting for software administrators.

Source: NIST SP 800-218 (SSDF), PW.9.2. 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 800-218 (SSDF) in the compliance library.

1
artefacts
1
held by a system
0
at each review
easy
to go live
Cloud console / configuration management
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review. To go live: easy when half or more of the artefacts are already held by a system, moderate from a quarter to a half, hard below a quarter.

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

  • Documented and implemented secure default settings · Cloud console / configuration management

periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review

none for this control

governing documentDocuments that govern the control

none for this control

First move

Automate the pull from your Cloud console / configuration management. Configuration snapshots and change history from the cloud console or IaC repository, diffed against the baseline.

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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PW.9.1 Configure Software to Have Secure Settings by Default · RV.1.1 Identify and Confirm Vulnerabilities on an Ongoing Basis