security control inheritance - Glossary

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See Common Control.</span><br/> <strong>Sources:</strong> <span id="term-def-sources-0" data-lowest-rank="4"> <br/> <span data-source-rank="4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230922123606/https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-137" id="term-def-src-link-0-0">NIST SP 800-137</a> <span id="term-def-src-under-0-0"> under Security Control Inheritance </span> from <span id="term-def-src-src-link-0-0-0">CNSSI 4009</span> </span> <br/> <span data-source-rank="4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230922123606/https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-30r1" id="term-def-src-link-0-1">NIST SP 800-30 Rev. 1</a> <span id="term-def-src-under-0-1"> under Security Control Inheritance </span> from <span id="term-def-src-src-link-0-1-0">CNSSI 4009</span> </span> <br/> <span data-source-rank="4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230922123606/https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-39" id="term-def-src-link-0-2">NIST SP 800-39</a> <span id="term-def-src-under-0-2"> under Security Control Inheritance </span> from <span id="term-def-src-src-link-0-2-0">CNSSI 4009</span> </span> <br/> <span data-source-rank="6"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230922123606/https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8170-upd" id="term-def-src-link-0-3">NISTIR 8170</a> <span id="term-def-src-under-0-3"> under Security Control Inheritance </span> from <span id="term-def-src-src-link-0-3-0">CNSSI 4009</span> </span> <br/> </span> <br/> </span> <span> <i class="fa fa-book" id="term-def-book-1"></i>  <span id="term-def-text-1">A situation in which an information system or application receives protection from security controls (or portions of security controls) that are developed, implemented, and assessed, authorized, and monitored by entities other than those responsible for the system or application; entities either internal or external to the organization where the system or application resides. See common control.</span><br/> <strong>Sources:</strong> <span id="term-def-sources-1" data-lowest-rank="4"> <br/> <span data-source-rank="4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230922123606/https://www.cnss.gov/CNSS/issuances/Instructions.cfm" id="term-def-src-link-1-0">CNSSI 4009-2015</a> </span> <br/> </span> <br/> </span> <span> <i class="fa fa-book" id="term-def-book-2"></i>  <span id="term-def-text-2">See security control inheritance.</span><br/> <strong>Sources:</strong> <span id="term-def-sources-2" data-lowest-rank="4"> <br/> <span data-source-rank="4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230922123606/https://www.cnss.gov/CNSS/issuances/Instructions.cfm" id="term-def-src-link-2-0">CNSSI 4009-2015</a> <span id="term-def-src-under-2-0"> under inheritance </span> </span> <br/> </span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> </div> <p></p> </div> <div class="col-lg-4 hidden-xs hidden-sm hidden-md"> <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-danger" id="glossary-comments-callout"> <h4>Glossary Comments</h4> <p><strong>Comments about specific definitions</strong> should be sent to the authors of the linked Source publication. 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