NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5
MA-4(3)
Maintenance
enhancement

Comparable Security and Sanitization

Parent: MA-4

Description

a. Require that nonlocal maintenance and diagnostic services be performed from a system that implements a security capability comparable to the capability implemented on the system being serviced; or b. Remove the component to be serviced from the system prior to nonlocal maintenance or diagnostic services; sanitize the component (for organizational information); and after the service is performed, inspect and sanitize the component (for potentially malicious software) before reconnecting the component to the system.

Mapped SPARTA techniques

67 techniques

Cite as SafeMode Space, nist-80053-rev5 MA-4(3).

Built 2026-07-25 from 216 techniques, 334 regulation articles, 125 ENISA controls, 2,610 framework controls, and 90 countermeasures.