# NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 SR-11(1) — Anti-Counterfeit Training

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- Last updated: 2026-06-05
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**NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5**·Control `SR-11(1)`·high·Component: **Supply Chain Risk Management**

## What this control requires

> Train designated personnel or roles to detect counterfeit system components, including hardware, software, and firmware. This control supports the Training and Awareness capability within the Supply Chain Risk Management family.
> 
> — NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, Control SR-11(1)

### In plain English

Train designated personnel or roles to detect counterfeit system components, including hardware, software, and firmware. In practice, this means you can prove you access management-level controls on a defined cadence.

## Why it matters

SP 800-53 is the catalogue every U.S. federal authorisation (FedRAMP, FISMA, CMMC) and most regulated industries point at. A missing control surfaces as a Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M) item that an Authorizing Official must approve before the Authority To Operate is granted or renewed.

This control is rated **high**. Auditors expect a named owner, a remediation SLA, and a tooling artefact that evidences continuous operation.

## What an auditor looks for

A 3PAO (FedRAMP) or Independent Assessor (NIST RMF) tests against NIST SP 800-53A assessment procedures. For each control they expect a documented implementation that addresses every assessment objective (Examine, Interview, Test) and an implementation summary in the System Security Plan.

Within **Supply Chain Risk Management**, the assessor will trace your implementation back to the catalogue reference (Control SR-11(1)) and look for objective evidence on the latest two assessment cycles.

## How to implement

1.  Write a short policy stating intent, scope and named owner.
2.  Encode it as a platform guardrail — SCP, Azure Policy initiative, Organisation Policy, or repository policy.
3.  Wire a monitoring signal that catches drift (CSPM rule, SIEM rule, scheduled query, Workspace alert) and ticket it.
4.  Review on a documented cadence and capture the review in the risk register or compliance tracker.

### Operational checklist

-   **Access.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence.
-   **Security.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence.
-   **Review.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence.
-   **Train.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence.
-   **Hardware.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence.
-   **Scope:** management, system, personnel, train, identity, hardware, software, firmware.

## Evidence to collect

-   **Identity Scan.** IAM / IdP exports — Entra ID, Okta, IAM Identity Center, Workspace directory — showing accounts, roles, MFA state and last sign-in.

Identity analytics (Okta, SailPoint, Access Analyzer) demonstrates least-privilege. Focus: Anti-Counterfeit Training.

## How it maps to other frameworks

Computed from shared tags, control component and key-operation subjects — handy when you are reconciling controls across an audit.

-   [**NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3 3.2.2** — Role-Based Training](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-171-rev-3/3-2-2-role-based-training)
-   [**CIS Controls v8 14.9** — Conduct Role-Specific Security Awareness and Skills Training](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/cis-controls-v8/14-9-conduct-role-specific-security-awareness-and-skills-training)
-   [**ISO/IEC 27001:2022 A.5.2** — Information security roles and responsibilities](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022/a-5-2-information-security-roles-and-responsibilities)

## Related controls in NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5

-   [**Control CM-8(3)** — Automated Unauthorized Component Detection](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/cm-8-3-automated-unauthorized-component-detection)
-   [**Control CM-8(5)** — No Duplicate Accounting Of Components](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/cm-8-5-no-duplicate-accounting-of-components)
-   [**Control AT-3** — Role-Based Training](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/at-3-role-based-training)
-   [**Control SA-12(14)** — Identity And Traceability](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/sa-12-14-identity-and-traceability)
-   [**Control SA-17(7)** — Structure For Least Privilege](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/sa-17-7-structure-for-least-privilege)
-   [**Control PS-9** — Position Descriptions](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/ps-9-position-descriptions)

## References

-   [NIST Computer Security Resource Center — NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5](https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/risk-management/sp800-53-controls)
-   Catalogue identifier: `Control SR-11(1)`

Topics: identity accessawareness trainingidentity managementaccess reviewprivileged accesssecurity training

## Related compliance guidance

- [NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5: a practical implementation guide for cloud teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5): Start with the full NIST SP 800-53 implementation guide — scope, roadmap, evidence and how the assessment runs.
- [NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC: a practical guide to protecting CUI in the cloud](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-171-rev-3): If your obligation is protecting CUI in your own systems for a federal or defence contract, this derived subset — not the full catalogue — is the requirement.
- [SOC 2 compliance: a practical implementation guide for cloud-native SaaS teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria): Most commercial SaaS already hold a SOC 2 Type 2, and FedRAMP 20x Class A is designed for providers that have one.
