CP-02(08) Identify Critical Assets
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Title
Identify Critical Assets
Control
Identify critical system assets supporting [Selection: all; essential] mission and business functions.
Discussion
Organizations may choose to identify critical assets as part of criticality analysis, business continuity planning, or business impact analyses. Organizations identify critical system assets so that additional controls can be employed (beyond the controls routinely implemented) to help ensure that organizational mission and business functions can continue to be conducted during contingency operations. The identification of critical information assets also facilitates the prioritization of organizational resources. Critical system assets include technical and operational aspects. Technical aspects include system components, information technology services, information technology products, and mechanisms. Operational aspects include procedures (i.e., manually executed operations) and personnel (i.e., individuals operating technical controls and/or executing manual procedures). Organizational program protection plans can assist in identifying critical assets. If critical assets are resident within or supported by external service providers, organizations consider implementing [CP-2(7)](#cp-2.7) as a control enhancement.
Parameters
cp-02.08_odp: [all; essential]
Related controls
cm-8, ra-9
Assessment objective
CP-02(08) critical system assets supporting [Selection: all; essential] mission and business functions are identified.
STIG rules that implement this control 1
Application Security and Development V6R5
- APSC-DV-003040 CAT II The application must not be hosted on a general purpose machine if the application is designated as critical or high availability by the ISSO.