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SC-27 Platform-independent Applications

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
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Title

Platform-independent Applications

Control

Include within organizational systems the following platform independent applications: [Assignment: platform-independent applications].

Discussion

Platforms are combinations of hardware, firmware, and software components used to execute software applications. Platforms include operating systems, the underlying computer architectures, or both. Platform-independent applications are applications with the capability to execute on multiple platforms. Such applications promote portability and reconstitution on different platforms. Application portability and the ability to reconstitute on different platforms increase the availability of mission-essential functions within organizations in situations where systems with specific operating systems are under attack.

Parameters

sc-27_odp: platform-independent applications

Related controls

sc-29

Assessment objective

SC-27 [Assignment: platform-independent applications] are included within organizational systems.

STIG rules that implement this control 0

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