NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2 · 3.7 Maintenance
3.7.6 Supervise maintenance personnel
Supervise the maintenance activities of maintenance personnel without required access authorization.
- SPRS weight
- 1
- 1 point deducted from 110 when not implemented.
- CMMC level
- L2
- Level 2 only; not among the 17 Level 1 practices.
- Assessment objectives
- 1
- From NIST SP 800-171A, each one a “determine if” an assessor answers.
What an assessor checks
NIST SP 800-171A breaks 3.7.6 into 1 objectives. Every one has to be met for the requirement to be met; a partial answer scores as not implemented.
- Determine if maintenance personnel without required access authorization are supervised during maintenance activities.
- Examine
- [SELECT FROM: System maintenance policy; procedures addressing maintenance personnel; service provider contracts; service-level agreements; list of authorized personnel; maintenance records; access control records; security plan; other relevant documents or records].
- Interview
- [SELECT FROM: Personnel with system maintenance responsibilities; personnel with information security responsibilities].
- Test
- [SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for authorizing and managing maintenance personnel; mechanisms supporting or implementing authorization of maintenance personnel].
If it is open: POA&M eligibility
May be carried on a Level 2 POA&M · 1 point deducted
A 1-point requirement outside the six named exclusions - eligible to carry, and NOT MET until a closeout assessment confirms it.
A POA&M is only permitted at a score of 88 or above, and closes in one 180-day window. Check a full gap list or compute your score.
Where 3.7.6 maps
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5
- MA-5 Maintenance Personnel
NIST CSF 2.0
No direct mapping.
SOC 2
No direct mapping.
Query it from your own tools
This page and the MacTech CMMC MCP server render the same dataset. Ask your assistant and it will answer from the methodology, not from memory.
lookup_control 3.7.6 get_assessment_objectives 3.7.6 generate_poam_entries ["3.7.6"]
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