FedRAMP Controls / PL

PL-8 Security and Privacy Architectures

Family PL
Baselines moderate
Mapped KSIs 2

Control statement

a. Develop security and privacy architectures for the system that:
        1. Describe the requirements and approach to be taken for protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of organizational information;
        2. Describe the requirements and approach to be taken for processing personally identifiable information to minimize privacy risk to individuals;
        3. Describe how the architectures are integrated into and support the enterprise architecture; and
        4. Describe any assumptions about, and dependencies on, external systems and services;
    b. Review and update the architectures {{ insert: param, pl-08_odp }} to reflect changes in the enterprise architecture; and
    c. Reflect planned architecture changes in security and privacy plans, Concept of Operations (CONOPS), criticality analysis, organizational procedures, and procurements and acquisitions.
        (b) Guidance: Significant change is defined in NIST Special Publication 800-37 Revision 2, Appendix F.

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Covered by these Key Security Indicators

KSITitleCategory
KSI-PIY-04CISA Secure By Design
_Persistently_ review the effectiveness of building security and privacy considerations into the Software Development Lifecycle and aligning with CISA Secure By Design principles.
Policy and Inventory
KSI-SVC-01Continuous Improvement
Implement improvements based on persistent evaluation of information resources for opportunities to improve security.
Service Configuration