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SI-17 Fail-safe Procedures

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.1.1+u4
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Title

Fail-safe Procedures

Control

Implement the indicated fail-safe procedures when the indicated failures occur: [Assignment: organization-defined list of failure conditions and associated fail-safe procedures].

Discussion

Failure conditions include the loss of communications among critical system components or between system components and operational facilities. Fail-safe procedures include alerting operator personnel and providing specific instructions on subsequent steps to take. Subsequent steps may include doing nothing, reestablishing system settings, shutting down processes, restarting the system, or contacting designated organizational personnel.

Parameters

si-17_prm_1: organization-defined list of failure conditions and associated fail-safe procedures
si-17_odp.01: fail-safe procedures
si-17_odp.02: list of failure conditions

Related controls

cp-12, cp-13, sc-24, si-13

Assessment objective

SI-17 [Assignment: fail-safe procedures] are implemented when [Assignment: list of failure conditions] occur.

STIG rules that implement this control 0

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