AST-02.11: Component Assignment
Mechanisms exist to bind components to a specific system.
Control Question: Does the organization bind components to a specific system?
General (4)
| Framework | Mapping Values |
|---|---|
| NIST 800-53 R5 (source) | CM-8(9) |
| NIST 800-161 R1 | CM-8(9) |
| NIST 800-161 R1 Level 3 | CM-8(9) |
| Shared Assessments SIG 2025 | G.3 |
Capability Maturity Model
Level 0 — Not Performed
There is no evidence of a capability to bind components to a specific system.
Level 1 — Performed Informally
C|P-CMM1 is N/A, since a structured process is required to bind components to a specific system.
Level 2 — Planned & Tracked
C|P-CMM2 is N/A, since a well-defined process is required to bind components to a specific system.
Level 3 — Well Defined
Asset Management (AST) efforts are standardized across the organization and centrally managed, where technically feasible, to ensure consistency. CMM Level 3 control maturity would reasonably expect all, or at least most, the following criteria to exist:
- An IT Asset Management (ITAM) function, or similar function, governs asset management to help ensure compliance with requirements for asset management.
- An ITAM function, or similar function, maintains an inventory of IT assets, covering both physical and virtual assets, as well as centrally managed asset ownership assignments.
- Technology assets and data are categorized according to data classification and business criticality criteria.
- A Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM) function oversees supply chain risks including the removal and prevention of certain technology services and/ or equipment designated as supply chain threats by a statutory or regulatory body.
- Data/process owners document where sensitive/regulated data is stored, transmitted and processed, generating Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs) and network diagrams to document the flow of data.
Level 4 — Quantitatively Controlled
See C|P-CMM3. There are no defined C|P-CMM4 criteria, since it is reasonable to assume a quantitatively-controlled process is not necessary to bind components to a specific system.
Level 5 — Continuously Improving
See C|P-CMM4. There are no defined C|P-CMM5 criteria, since it is reasonable to assume a continuously-improving process is not necessary to bind components to a specific system.
Assessment Objectives
- AST-02.11_A01 personnel or roles from which to receive an acknowledgement is/are defined.
- AST-02.11_A02 system components are assigned to a system.
- AST-02.11_A03 an acknowledgement of the component assignment is received from organization-defined personnel or roles.