SC — SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION
SC-17: PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURE CERTIFICATES
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NIST 800-53R4 Membership SC-17:
- MODERATE
- HIGH
The organization issues public key certificates under an [Assignment: organization-defined certificate policy] or obtains public key certificates from an approved service provider.
SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDANCE
For all certificates, organizations manage information system trust stores to ensure only approved trust anchors are in the trust stores. This control addresses both certificates with visibility external to organizational information systems and certificates related to the internal operations of systems, for example, application-specific time services.
RELATED CONTROLS: SC-17
CONTROL ENHANCEMENTS
NO CONTROL ENHANCEMENTS
REFERENCES:
- NIST Special Publication 800-32
- NIST Special Publication 800-63
- OMB Memorandum 05-24