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SP800-53-MP-5Active

Media Transport

Statement

Protect and control types of system media during transport outside of controlled areas using types of system media; controls; Maintain accountability for system media during transport outside of controlled areas; Document activities associated with the transport of system media; and Restrict the activities associated with the transport of system media to authorized personnel.

Location

Control Family
Media Protection

Control Details

Identifier
SP800-53-MP-5
Family
MP

Organisation-Defined Parameters

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types of system media
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controls
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controls

Supplemental Guidance

System media includes digital and non-digital media. Digital media includes flash drives, diskettes, magnetic tapes, external or removable hard disk drives (e.g., solid state and magnetic), compact discs, and digital versatile discs. Non-digital media includes microfilm and paper. Controlled areas are spaces for which organizations provide physical or procedural controls to meet requirements established for protecting information and systems. Controls to protect media during transport include cryptography and locked containers. Cryptographic mechanisms can provide confidentiality and integrity protections depending on the mechanisms implemented. Activities associated with media transport include releasing media for transport, ensuring that media enters the appropriate transport processes, and the actual transport. Authorized transport and courier personnel may include individuals external to the organization. Maintaining accountability of media during transport includes restricting transport activities to authorized personnel and tracking and/or obtaining records of transport activities as the media moves through the transportation system to prevent and detect loss, destruction, or tampering. Organizations establish documentation requirements for activities associated with the transport of system media in accordance with organizational assessments of risk. Organizations maintain the flexibility to define record-keeping methods for the different types of media transport as part of a system of transport-related records.

Assessment Objective

types of system media are protected during transport outside of controlled areas using controls; types of system media are controlled during transport outside of controlled areas using controls; accountability for system media is maintained during transport outside of controlled areas; activities associated with the transport of system media are documented; personnel authorized to conduct media transport activities is/are identified; activities associated with the transport of system media are restricted to identified authorized personnel.

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Media Protection30 controls
SP800-53-MP-1Policy and ProceduresSP800-53-MP-2Media AccessSP800-53-MP-2(1)Automated Restricted AccessSP800-53-MP-2(2)Cryptographic ProtectionSP800-53-MP-3Media MarkingSP800-53-MP-4Media StorageSP800-53-MP-4(1)Cryptographic ProtectionSP800-53-MP-4(2)Automated Restricted AccessSP800-53-MP-5Media TransportSP800-53-MP-5(1)Protection Outside of Controlled AreasSP800-53-MP-5(2)Documentation of ActivitiesSP800-53-MP-5(3)CustodiansSP800-53-MP-5(4)Cryptographic ProtectionSP800-53-MP-6Media SanitizationSP800-53-MP-6(1)Review, Approve, Track, Document, and VerifySP800-53-MP-6(2)Equipment TestingSP800-53-MP-6(3)Nondestructive TechniquesSP800-53-MP-6(4)Controlled Unclassified InformationSP800-53-MP-6(5)Classified InformationSP800-53-MP-6(6)Media DestructionSP800-53-MP-6(7)Dual AuthorizationSP800-53-MP-6(8)Remote Purging or Wiping of InformationSP800-53-MP-7Media UseSP800-53-MP-7(1)Prohibit Use Without OwnerSP800-53-MP-7(2)Prohibit Use of Sanitization-resistant MediaSP800-53-MP-8Media DowngradingSP800-53-MP-8(1)Documentation of ProcessSP800-53-MP-8(2)Equipment TestingSP800-53-MP-8(3)Controlled Unclassified InformationSP800-53-MP-8(4)Classified Information