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Protected Distribution System (PDS) Construction - Alarmed Carrier
Protected Distribution System (PDS) Construction - Alarmed Carrier
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Protected Distribution System (PDS) Construction - Alarmed Carrier
High Severity
<VulnDiscussion>A PDS that is not constructed and configured as required could result in the covert or undetected interception of classified information. An Alarmed Carrier is one of five types of Category 2 PDS. It is the most suitable alternative to Hardened and Continuously Viewed PDS (internal facility PDS options), when the unencrypted data transmission line is concealed above suspended ceilings, below raised floors, between walls or in any situation where the line is not visible for inspection. In lieu of daily visual inspections the functionality of the PDS alarm must be tested at least weekly - as based on guidance in the CNSSI 7003. REFERENCES: CJCSI 6510.01F, INFORMATION ASSURANCE (IA) AND SUPPORT TO COMPUTER NETWORK DEFENSE (CND), Enclosure C, paragraph 35.c. DoD 5220.22-M (NISPOM), Incorporating Change 2, 18 May 2016 Chapter 5, Section 4, paragraphs 5-402.c., 5-403 and Section 9 DoD Manual 5200.01, Volume 3, 24 February 2012, SUBJECT: DoD Information Security Program: Protection of Classified Information: Encl 4, para 3.b. and 4.a.; Appendix to Encl 3, para 2 & 2.f.(2); DoD Manual 5200.02 Procedures for the DoD Personnel Security Program (PSP), 3 April 2017 NIST Special Publication 800-53 (SP 800-53), Rev 4, Controls: PE-4, PE-6(1), (2) & (3), SC-7, and SC-8 CNSSI No.7003, September 2015, Protected Distribution Systems (PDS), Section IV, paragraph 7. and Section X, paragraph 30.d.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>