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TITLE: System and Communication Protection compliance template
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SUMMARY: System and Communication Protection Excel-based smart compliance template (RCM/ICQ/SAQ) – NIST 800-53
READING TIME: 3 min
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SOURCE URL: https://grcplaybook.com/system-and-communication-protection
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KEY TAKEAWAYS:
  * Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations

#### Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations

# SYSTEM and COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

P: The SYSTEM and COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION Playbook addresses the following areas:

LIST: UL with 47 items

  - Policy and Procedures

  - Separation of System and User Functionality

  - Security Function Isolation

  - Information in Shared System Resources

  - Denial-of-Service Protection

  - Resource Availability

  - Boundary Protection

  - Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity

  - Network Disconnect

  - Trusted Path

  - Cryptographic Key Establishment and Management

  - Cryptographic Protection

  - Collaborative Computing Devices and Applications

  - Transmission of Security and Privacy Attributes

  - Public Key Infrastructure Certificates

  - Mobile Code

  - Secure Name/Address Resolution Service (Authoritative Source)

  - Secure Name/Address Resolution Service (Recursive or Caching Resolver)

  - Architecture and Provisioning for Name/Address Resolution Service

  - Session Authenticity

  - Fail in Known State

  - Thin Nodes

  - Decoys

  - Platform-Independent Applications

  - Protection of Information at Rest

  - Heterogeneity

  - Concealment and Misdirection

  - Covert Channel Analysis

  - System Partitioning

  - Non-Modifiable Executable Programs

  - External Malicious Code Identification

  - Distributed Processing and Storage

  - Out-of-Band Channels

  - Operations Security

  - Process Isolation

  - Wireless Link Protection

  - Port and I/O Device Access

  - Sensor Capability and Data

  - Usage Restrictions

  - Detonation Chambers

  - System Time Synchronization

  - Cross Domain Policy Enforcement

  - Alternate Communications Paths

  - Sensor Relocation

  - Hardware-Enforced Separation and Policy Enforcement

  - Software-Enforced Separation and Policy Enforcement

  - Hardware-Based Protection

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