PL-4: Rules Of Behavior
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2019-04-12 13:01:48.067729
Status
Statements
The organization:
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| PL-4a. | Establishes and makes readily available to individuals requiring access to the information system, the rules that describe their responsibilities and expected behavior with regard to information and information system usage; |
| PL-4b. | Receives a signed acknowledgment from such individuals, indicating that they have read, understand, and agree to abide by the rules of behavior, before authorizing access to information and the information system; |
| PL-4c. | Reviews and updates the rules of behavior [Assignment: organization-defined frequency]; and |
| PL-4d. | Requires individuals who have signed a previous version of the rules of behavior to read and re-sign when the rules of behavior are revised/updated. |
Additional Guidance
This control enhancement applies to organizational users. Organizations consider rules of behavior based on individual user roles and responsibilities, differentiating, for example, between rules that apply to privileged users and rules that apply to general users. Establishing rules of behavior for some types of non-organizational users including, for example, individuals who simply receive data/information from federal information systems, is often not feasible given the large number of such users and the limited nature of their interactions with the systems. Rules of behavior for both organizational and non-organizational users can also be established in AC-8, System Use Notification. PL-4 b. (the signed acknowledgment portion of this control) may be satisfied by the security awareness training and role-based security training programs conducted by organizations if such training includes rules of behavior. Organizations can use electronic signatures for acknowledging rules of behavior.