Organizational Control: Port And I/o Device Access

Control ID: SC-41 Port And I/o Device Access Family: System and Communications Protection Source: NIST 800-53r4
Control: The organization physically disables or removes [Assignment: organization-defined connection ports or input/output devices] on [Assignment: organization-defined information systems or information system components].
Supplemental Guidance:
Connection ports include, for example, Universal Serial Bus (USB) and Firewire (IEEE 1394). Input/output (I/O) devices include, for example, Compact Disk (CD) and Digital Video Disk (DVD) drives. Physically disabling or removing such connection ports and I/O devices helps prevent exfiltration of information from information systems and the introduction of malicious code into systems from those ports/devices.

Related Controls: N/A
Control Enhancements: N/A
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Protocol Implementation Conformance Statements: N/A