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AC-04(09) Human Reviews

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
All changes in this version
unchanged AC part of AC-4

Title

Human Reviews

Control

Enforce the use of human reviews for [Assignment: information flows] under the following conditions: [Assignment: conditions].

Discussion

Organizations define security or privacy policy filters for all situations where automated flow control decisions are possible. When a fully automated flow control decision is not possible, then a human review may be employed in lieu of or as a complement to automated security or privacy policy filtering. Human reviews may also be employed as deemed necessary by organizations.

Parameters

ac-04.09_odp.01: information flows
ac-04.09_odp.02: conditions

Assessment objective

AC-04(09) human reviews are used for [Assignment: information flows] under [Assignment: conditions].

STIG rules that implement this control 0

No followed STIG rule cites a CCI indexed to this control (CCI list 2026-07-14).