BRACKETOLOGY | FEDRAMP
SA-3: SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE
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FedRAMP Baseline Membership SA-3:
- LOW
- MODERATE
- HIGH
FedRAMP Bracketology
Use the FedRAMP Control Membership information above to determine if a control or control enhancement is required for each Impact Baseline — LOW, MODERATE, or HIGH
Click on the panel below each control or control enhancement to review the FedRAMP Impact Baseline-specific control configuration requirements for each of the [BRACKETS] in each control and/or control enhancement.
Review and use Additional Requirements and Guidance to build FedRAMP-compliant controls for your risk-based cybersecurity program.
To change the baseline view in the panel, click on LOW, MODERATE, or HIGH when the panel is open
Panels only appear where there are [BRACKETS] in the control or enhancement or where there is FedRAMP-specific requirements or guidance available.
The organization:
- a. Manages the information system using [Assignment: organization-defined system development life cycle] that incorporates information security considerations;
- b. Defines and documents information security roles and responsibilities throughout the system development life cycle;
- c. Identifies individuals having information security roles and responsibilities; and
- d. Integrates the organizational information security risk management process into system development life cycle activities.
Click Low | Moderate | High below to see FedRAMP control configuration information. It's in BOLD.
There are no FedRAMP-specific requirements if this control is used for a LOW Impact system.
There are no FedRAMP-specific requirements if this control is used for a MODERATE Impact system.
There are no FedRAMP-specific requirements if this control is used for a HIGH Impact system.
SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDANCE
A well-defined system development life cycle provides the foundation for the successful development, implementation, and operation of organizational information systems. To apply the required security controls within the system development life cycle requires a basic understanding of information security, threats, vulnerabilities, adverse impacts, and risk to critical missions/business functions. The security engineering principles in SA-8 cannot be properly applied if individuals that design, code, and test information systems and system components (including information technology products) do not understand security. Therefore, organizations include qualified personnel, for example, chief information security officers, security architects, security engineers, and information system security officers in system development life cycle activities to ensure that security requirements are incorporated into organizational information systems. It is equally important that developers include individuals on the development team that possess the requisite security expertise and skills to ensure that needed security capabilities are effectively integrated into the information system. Security awareness and training programs can help ensure that individuals having key security roles and responsibilities have the appropriate experience, skills, and expertise to conduct assigned system development life cycle activities. The effective integration of security requirements into enterprise architecture also helps to ensure that important security considerations are addressed early in the system development life cycle and that those considerations are directly related to the organizational mission/business processes. This process also facilitates the integration of the information security architecture into the enterprise architecture, consistent with organizational risk management and information security strategies.
RELATED CONTROLS: SA-3
CONTROL ENHANCEMENTS
NO CONTROL ENHANCEMENTS
REFERENCES:
- NIST Special Publication 800-37
- NIST Special Publication 800-64