3.9: Encrypt Data on Removable Media

Encrypt data on removable media.

Asset Type

Security Function

Implementation Groups

Data

Protect

2, 3

Dependencies

  • Safeguard 1.1: Establish and Maintain Detailed Enterprise Asset Inventory

  • Safeguard 2.1: Establish and Maintain a Software Inventory

  • Safeguard 4.1: Establish and Maintain a Secure Configuration Process

Inputs

  1. GV1: Enterprise asset inventory

  2. GV5: Authorized software inventory

  3. GV3: Configuration Standards

Assumptions

  1. Enterprise asset inventory includes removable media

Operations

  1. Use GV1 to identify and enumerate assets authorized to support removeable media (M1)

  2. Use GV5 to identify encryption software installed on assets identified in Operation 1 (M1)

    1. Enumerate the number of assets with encryption software installed (M2)

    2. Enumerate the number of assets without encryption software installed (M3)

  3. For assets identified in Operation 2.1, use GV3 to check configurations of encryption software

    1. Enumerate assets that have properly configured encryption software (M4)

    2. Enumerate assets that have improperly configured encryption software(M5)

Measures

  • M1 = Count of assets authorized to support removeable media

  • M2 = Count of authorized assets with encryption software installed

  • M3 = Count of authorized assets without encryption software installed

  • M4 = Count of authorized assets with properly configured encryption software

  • M5 = Count of authorized assets with improperly configured encryption software

Metrics

Coverage

Metric
The percentage of appropriately configured assets to support removeable media.

Calculation

M4 / M1