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Operational Controls

Definitions:

  The security controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) for an information system that primarily are implemented and executed by people (as opposed to systems).
Sources:
FIPS 200 under OPERATIONAL CONTROLS

  The security controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) for an information system that are primarily implemented and executed by people (as opposed to systems).
Sources:
NIST SP 800-137 from FIPS 200
NIST SP 800-30 Rev. 1 from FIPS 200
NIST SP 800-39 from FIPS 200
NIST SP 800-82r3 from FIPS 200

  Safeguards or countermeasures for a system that primarily are implemented and executed by people (as opposed to systems).
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2015 under operational controls