Real-time malicious code scans of files from external sources as files are downloaded, opened, or executed are performed

Assessment Procedures

The official government assessment method for this objective, exactly as printed in the DoD CMMC Assessment Guide, Level 1, which reprints it from NIST SP 800-171A (June 2018). An assessor examines artifacts, interviews people, and tests mechanisms to determine the result.

Examine

• System and information integrity policy
• Configuration management policy and procedures
• Procedures addressing malicious code protection
• Malicious code protection mechanisms
• Records of malicious code protection updates
• System security plan
• System design documentation
• System configuration settings and associated documentation
• Scan results from malicious code protection mechanisms
• Record of actions initiated by malicious code protection mechanisms in response to malicious code detection
• System audit logs and records
• Other relevant documents or records

Interview

• System or network administrators
• Personnel with information security responsibilities
• Personnel installing, configuring, and maintaining the system
• Personnel with responsibility for malicious code protection
• Personnel with configuration management responsibility

Test

• Organizational processes for employing, updating, and configuring malicious code protection mechanisms
• Organizational process for addressing false positives and resulting potential impact
• Mechanisms supporting or implementing malicious code protection mechanisms (including updates and configurations)
• Mechanisms supporting or implementing malicious code scanning and subsequent actions