Automation Support for Security Control Assessments: Software Asset Management

Published

December 6, 2018

Author(s)

Kelley L. Dempsey, Nedim S. Goren, Paul Eavy, George Moore

Abstract

The NISTIR 8011 volumes focus on each individual information security capability, adding tangible detail to the more general overview given in NISTIR 8011 Volume 1, and providing a template for transition to a detailed, NIST standards-compliant automated assessment. This document, Volume 3 of NISTIR 8011, addresses the Software Asset Management (SWAM) information security capability. The focus of the SWAM capability is to manage risk created by unmanaged software on a network. Unmanaged software is a target that attackers can use as a platform from which to attack components on the network.

Citation

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 8011 Volume 3

Report Number

8011 Volume 3

NIST Pub Series

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8011-3

Keywords

actual state, assessment, assessment boundary, assessment method, authorization boundary, automated assessment, automation, capability, continuous diagnostics and mitigation, dashboard, defect, defect check, desired state specification, software asset management, information security continuous monitoring, firmware, ISCM dashboard, inventory management, malware, malicious code, mobile code, mitigation, ongoing assessment, root cause analysis, security automation, security capability, security control, security control assessment, security control item, software executable, SWID tag, software injection, software product, software whitelisting

Citation

Dempsey, K. , Goren, N. , Eavy, P. and Moore, G. (2018), Automation Support for Security Control Assessments: Software Asset Management, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8011-3 (Accessed October 18, 2025)