ISC2 Governance, Risk and Compliance (CGRC) Practice Question
During a pre-authorization quality review, you discover that a section of the draft System Security Plan (SSP) for a new federal moderate-impact system is blank. Without this information, the Authorizing Official cannot confirm that the selected NIST SP 800-53 baseline is appropriate. Which missing element must be completed before the package is submitted?
A list of outstanding POA&M findings and milestones
Copies of vendor hardware and software maintenance contracts
The system's FIPS 199 security categorization results
The SSP is required to document the system's security categorization results derived from FIPS 199 (and typically supported by NIST SP 800-60). The categorization establishes the confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact levels of the information system and drives selection of the initial security control baseline. If this data is absent, the Authorizing Official lacks the foundation for evaluating whether the chosen controls adequately address the system's risk. While POA&M items, penetration-test schedules, and maintenance contracts are useful, they are not prerequisites for determining the correct baseline and therefore are not the critical element that would cause the SSP to be rejected for authorization review.
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