Date Published: December 2018
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Author(s)
Kelley Dempsey (NIST), Nedim Goren (NIST), Paul Eavy (DHS), George Moore (APL)
The NISTIR 8011 volumes each focus on an individual information security capability, adding tangible detail to the more general overview given in NISTIR 8011 Volume 1, and providing a template for transition to a detailed, NIST guidance-based automated assessment. This document, Volume 3 of NISTIR 8011, addresses the Software Asset Management (SWAM) information security capability. The focus of the SWAM capability is to manage risk created by unmanaged or unauthorized software on a network. Unmanaged or unauthorized software is a target that attackers can use as a platform from which to attack components on the network.
The NISTIR 8011 volumes each focus on an individual information security capability, adding tangible detail to the more general overview given in NISTIR 8011 Volume 1, and providing a template for transition to a detailed, NIST guidance-based automated assessment. This document, Volume 3 of NISTIR...
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The NISTIR 8011 volumes each focus on an individual information security capability, adding tangible detail to the more general overview given in NISTIR 8011 Volume 1, and providing a template for transition to a detailed, NIST guidance-based automated assessment. This document, Volume 3 of NISTIR 8011, addresses the Software Asset Management (SWAM) information security capability. The focus of the SWAM capability is to manage risk created by unmanaged or unauthorized software on a network. Unmanaged or unauthorized software is a target that attackers can use as a platform from which to attack components on the network.
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Keywords
actual state; assessment; authorization boundary; automation; capability; continuous diagnostics and mitigation; dashboard; defect; desired state specification; firmware; information security continuous monitoring; ISCM; inventory management; malicious code; malware; mitigation; mobile code; ongoing assessment; root cause analysis; security capability; security control; security control item; software; software asset management; software file; SWID tag; whitelisting
Control Families
Assessment, Authorization and Monitoring; Risk Assessment
