PE-19 Information Leakage

Baselines

Guidance

Information leakage is the intentional or unintentional release of data or information to an untrusted environment from electromagnetic signals emanations. The security categories or classifications of systems (with respect to confidentiality), organizational security policies, and risk tolerance guide the selection of controls employed to protect systems against information leakage due to electromagnetic signals emanations.

References 1

• FIPS 199 National Institute of Standards and Technology (2004) Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems. (U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.), Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS) 199.

Control Enhancements 1

• PE-19(01) National Emissions Policies and Procedures L M H P

Related controls 3

• AC-18 Wireless Access L M H P
• PE-18 Location of System Components L M H P
• PE-20 Asset Monitoring and Tracking L M H P