PS-6(1)—Information Requiring Special Protection
>Control Description
[Incorporated into PS-3]
>Assessment Interview Topics
Questions assessors commonly ask
Process & Governance:
- •What documented policies and procedures address information requiring special protection?
- •Who is accountable for implementing and maintaining information requiring special protection controls?
- •How frequently are information requiring special protection requirements reviewed, and what triggers updates?
- •What process ensures changes to systems maintain compliance with information requiring special protection requirements?
- •How are exceptions to information requiring special protection requirements documented and approved?
Technical Implementation:
- •What technical controls enforce information requiring special protection in your environment?
- •How are information requiring special protection controls configured and maintained across all systems?
- •What automated mechanisms support information requiring special protection compliance?
- •How do you validate that information requiring special protection implementations achieve their intended security outcome?
- •What compensating controls exist if primary information requiring special protection controls cannot be fully implemented?
Evidence & Documentation:
- •What documentation proves information requiring special protection is implemented and operating effectively?
- •Can you provide configuration evidence showing how information requiring special protection is technically enforced?
- •What audit logs or monitoring data demonstrate ongoing information requiring special protection compliance?
- •Can you show evidence of a recent review or assessment of information requiring special protection controls?
- •What artifacts would you provide during an assessment to demonstrate information requiring special protection compliance?
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