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MA-2 — Controlled Maintenance

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MA — Maintenance · NIST SP 800-53 Release 5.2.0

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NIST SP 800-53 control context

MA-2 — Controlled Maintenance

Controlling system maintenance addresses the information security aspects of the system maintenance program and applies to all types of maintenance to system components conducted by local or nonlocal entities. Maintenance includes peripherals such as scanners, copiers, and printers. Information necessary for creating effective maintenance records includes the date and time of maintenance, a description of the maintenance performed, names of the individuals or group performing the maintenance, name of the escort, and system components or equipment that are removed or replaced. Organizations consider supply chain-related risks associated with replacement components for systems.

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Outcome layer

NIST CSF 2.0 informative references

These CSF Subcategories list this base control or one of its enhancements in the imported NIST informative reference.

CUI protection layer

NIST SP 800-171 and SP 800-172

SP 800-171 requirements sourcing this control

No relationship is present in the currently imported source datasets.

SP 800-172 enhanced requirements sourcing this control

No relationship is present in the currently imported source datasets.
Defensive engineering layer

MITRE D3FEND techniques

No relationship is present in the currently imported source datasets.
Adversary layer

MITRE ATT&CK relationships

Curated mitigation mappings

No relationship is present in the currently imported source datasets.

Inferred behavior relationships

Experimental: These relationships are inferred through D3FEND and must be validated against architecture, telemetry, and threat context.

No relationship is present in the currently imported source datasets.
Relationship boundaries

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A CSF informative reference is not an equivalence statement. A source-control relationship is not proof of implementation. A D3FEND semantic relationship is not a product claim. An inferred ATT&CK link is a hypothesis for engineering analysis.

Bare Metal Cyber is an independent educational publisher and is not affiliated with or endorsed by NIST or MITRE. Informative references and cross-framework relationships support navigation and analysis; they do not establish compliance, applicability, equivalence, control inheritance, or guaranteed mitigation effectiveness.