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SC-41

Port and I/O Device Access

System and Communications Protection (SC)
Baselines
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Description

[assignment] disable or remove [assignment] on the following systems or system components: [assignment].

Discussion

Connection ports include Universal Serial Bus (USB), Thunderbolt, and Firewire (IEEE 1394). Input/output (I/O) devices include compact disc and digital versatile disc drives. Disabling or removing such connection ports and I/O devices helps prevent the exfiltration of information from systems and the introduction of malicious code from those ports or devices. Physically disabling or removing ports and/or devices is the stronger action.

Implementation guidance

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CSF 2.0 crosswalk

No CSF mappings exist for this control.