Deep Dive into Changes to the Media Protection Family in FedRAMP Revision 5

The FedRAMP Program Management Office (PMO) has released new proposed baselines based on NIST Special Publication 800-53, Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations, Revision 5, (NIST SP 800-53 Rev5). Here we will take a closer look at the changes to the Media Protection control family that the new baselines bring.

Considerable Changes to the Low, Moderate, and High baselines include:

• Policies and procedures will now need to be designated as either organizational, mission or business process, or system-level
• A requirement to designate a specific official to manage the development, documentation, dissemination of policies and procedures
• A requirement to update policies and procedures after specified events
• Additional references to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
• New control text prohibiting the use of portable storage devices in organizational systems when such devices have no identifiable owner

Check back here for more deep dives into changes in each control family and updates on the proposed baselines from the FedRAMP PMO. Contact InfusionPoints for assistance with your FedRAMP journey. https://lz.infusionpoints.com/fedramp