Organizational Control: Mobile Code

Control ID: SC-18 Mobile Code	Family: System and Communications Protection	Source: NIST 800-53r4
Control: The organization: Defines acceptable and unacceptable mobile code and mobile code technologies; Establishes usage restrictions and implementation guidance for acceptable mobile code and mobile code technologies; and Authorizes, monitors, and controls the use of mobile code within the information system.
Supplemental Guidance: Decisions regarding the employment of mobile code within organizational information systems are based on the potential for the code to cause damage to the systems if used maliciously. Mobile code technologies include, for example, Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, Postscript, PDF, Shockwave movies, Flash animations, and VBScript. Usage restrictions and implementation guidance apply to both the selection and use of mobile code installed on servers and mobile code downloaded and executed on individual workstations and devices (e.g., smart phones). Mobile code policy and procedures address preventing the development, acquisition, or introduction of unacceptable mobile code within organizational information systems. Related Controls: AU-2, AU-12, CM-2, CM-6, SI-3
Control Enhancements: N/A
References: NIST Special Publication 800-28; DoD Instruction 8552.01.
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Protocol Implementation Conformance Statements: N/A