NIST800-SC-31 SC-31 Covert Channel Analysis
NIST800-SC-31 in NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 (NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, Release 5.2.0). All NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 controls held. Open NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 on the standards site.
The control as we hold it
SC-31 Covert Channel Analysis. a. Perform a covert channel analysis to identify those aspects of communications within the system that are potential avenues for covert [Selection (one or more): storage; timing] channels; and b. Estimate the maximum bandwidth of those channels.
Reviewed and closest counterparts in the other frameworks
Reviewed rows come from a released pair; a closest match is the nearest held text and is not a reviewed row.
HIPAA Security Rule
- 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A) Risk Analysis (Required) (closest match)
What an auditor commonly asks for
General guidance for this control area (domain: SC - System and Communications Protection), in our words, not a statement of the standard and not binding on an assessor.
- the system and communications protection policy
- the boundary, encryption and key records
- the monitoring records