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IA-04(09) Attribute Maintenance and Protection

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

Title

Attribute Maintenance and Protection

Control

Maintain the attributes for each uniquely identified individual, device, or service in [Assignment: protected central storage].

Discussion

For each of the entities covered in [IA-2](#ia-2), [IA-3](#ia-3), [IA-8](#ia-8) , and [IA-9](#ia-9) , it is important to maintain the attributes for each authenticated entity on an ongoing basis in a central (protected) store.

Parameters

ia-04.09_odp: protected central storage

Assessment objective

IA-04(09) the attributes for each uniquely identified individual, device, or service are maintained in [Assignment: protected central storage].

STIG rules that implement this control 0

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