AC-03(05) Security-relevant Information
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Title
Security-relevant Information
Control
Prevent access to [Assignment: security-relevant information] except during secure, non-operable system states.
Discussion
Security-relevant information is information within systems that can potentially impact the operation of security functions or the provision of security services in a manner that could result in failure to enforce system security and privacy policies or maintain the separation of code and data. Security-relevant information includes access control lists, filtering rules for routers or firewalls, configuration parameters for security services, and cryptographic key management information. Secure, non-operable system states include the times in which systems are not performing mission or business-related processing, such as when the system is offline for maintenance, boot-up, troubleshooting, or shut down.
Parameters
ac-03.05_odp: security-relevant information
Related controls
cm-6, sc-39
Assessment objective
AC-03(05) access to [Assignment: security-relevant information] is prevented except during secure, non-operable system states.
STIG rules that implement this control 0
No followed STIG rule cites a CCI indexed to this control (CCI list 2026-07-14).