# NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 SR-9 — Tamper Resistance And Detection - Source: https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/sr-9-tamper-resistance-and-detection - Section: [Compliance](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance) › [NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 Controls](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5) › SR — Supply Chain Risk Management - Last updated: 2026-06-05 - Publisher: iCompaas, Inc. (https://www.icompaas.com) **NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5**·Control `SR-9`·high·Component: **Supply Chain Risk Management** ## What this control requires > Implement a tamper protection program for systems, system components, or services. Utilize anti-tamper technologies, tools, and techniques to safeguard against threats such as reverse engineering, modification, and substitution. Strong identification combined with tamper resistance or detection is crucial for protecting systems during distribution and in operation. This control supports the Tamper Protection, Security Measures capability within the Supply Chain Risk Management family. > > — NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, Control SR-9 ### In plain English Implement a tamper protection program for systems, system components, or services. In practice, this means you can prove you policy 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-9) and look for objective evidence on the latest two assessment cycles. ## How to implement #### Policy Management **Docs.** Keep each policy in version-controlled Markdown alongside the code that implements it; ship a signed PDF snapshot at each annual review and link the SHA into the SoA. ### Operational checklist - **Policy.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Security.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Detection.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Protection.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Chain.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Scope:** management, system, protection, components, services, capability, threats, tools. ## Evidence to collect - **Policy Document.** A signed and version-controlled policy / standard / procedure document. Signed policy or standard documents the safeguard. Focus: Tamper Resistance And Detection. ## Common pitfalls - Policies that no engineer has read; the version in Confluence drifts from the version that's actually being enforced. ## 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 3.4.11** — Information Location](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-171-rev-3/3-4-11-information-location) ## Related controls in NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 - [**Control SR-4(2)** — Track And Trace](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/sr-4-2-track-and-trace) - [**Control SR-12** — Component Disposal](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/sr-12-component-disposal) - [**Control MP-3** — Media Marking](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/mp-3-media-marking) - [**Control SA-12(1)** — Acquisition Strategies, Tools, And Methods](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/sa-12-1-acquisition-strategies-tools-and-methods) - [**Control SA-22(1)** — Alternative Sources For Continued Support](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/sa-22-1-alternative-sources-for-continued-support) - [**Control SA-17(8)** — Orchestration](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/sa-17-8-orchestration) ## 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-9` Topics: governance riskpolicy management ## 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.