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SC-18 : MOBILE CODE

FAMILY: System and Communications ProtectionCLASS: Technical

SC-18 : MOBILE CODE

The organization:

a. Defines acceptable and unacceptable mobile code and mobile code technologies;

b. Establishes usage restrictions and implementation guidance for acceptable mobile code and mobile code technologies; and

c. Authorizes, monitors, and controls the use of mobile code within the information system.

Decisions regarding the employment of mobile code within organizational information systems are based on the potential for the code to cause damage to the system if used maliciously. Mobile code technologies include, for example, Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, PDF, Postscript, Shockwave movies, Flash animations, and VBScript. Usage restrictions and implementation guidance apply to both the selection and use of mobile code installed on organizational servers and mobile code downloaded and executed on individual workstations. Policy and procedures related to mobile code, address preventing the development, acquisition, or introduction of unacceptable mobile code within the information system.
Control Enhancements:
References: NIST Special Publication 800-28; DOD Instruction 8552.01.
Priority and Baseline Allocation:
P1 LOW SC-18 Not Selected MOD SC-18 HIGH SC-18