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11. Seperation of Duties Matrix

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The metadata / roles array must have one entry for each column

  • an id with a token (use pre-defined ID values whenever possible)
  • a title with a human-readable role name

The system-implementation / users array must have one entry for each row:

  • a uuid (required)
  • a props array with the following entry:
    • a name with separation-of-duties-matrix
    • a ns with http://fedramp.gov/ns/oscal
    • a value with yes
  • a role-ids array with each entry:
    • the role ID token defined in metadata / roles
    • Only for roles where an "X" would appear in the table
  • an authorized-privileges array with one or more entries:
    • a title with the text from the "Duty Description" column
    • a functions-performed array with at least one string entry describing the function. (This is an OSCAL required field that is not required by FedRAMP.)
system-security-plan:
  metadata:
    roles:
    - id: asset-administrator
      title: Asset Administrator
    - id: admin-client
      title: Customer-Designated Administrator
    - id: admin-unix
      title: Unix Administrator

  system-implementation:
    users:
    - uuid: 11111111-2222-4000-8000-008000000002
      props:
      - name: separation-of-duties-matrix
        ns: http://fedramp.gov/ns/oscal
        value: 'yes'
      role-ids:
      - asset-administrator
      authorized-privileges:
      - title: Add/Remove Admins
        functions-performed:
        - This can add and remove admins.
    - uuid: 11111111-2222-4000-8000-008000000003
      props:
      - name: separation-of-duties-matrix
        ns: http://fedramp.gov/ns/oscal
        value: 'yes'
      role-ids:
      - asset-administrator
      - admin-client
      authorized-privileges:
      - title: Add/Remove Users
        functions-performed:
        - add/remove non-privliged users
    - uuid: 11111111-2222-4000-8000-008000000004
      props:
      - name: separation-of-duties-matrix
        ns: http://fedramp.gov/ns/oscal
        value: 'yes'
      role-ids:
      - asset-administrator
      authorized-privileges:
      - title: Cloud-Native Service Deployment
        functions-performed:
        - Manage services and components within the virtual cloud environment.
    - uuid: 11111111-2222-4000-8000-008000000005
      props:
      - name: separation-of-duties-matrix
        ns: http://fedramp.gov/ns/oscal
        value: 'yes'
      role-ids:
      - admin-client
      authorized-privileges:
      - title: Application User Admin
        functions-performed:
        - Add and remove users from the virtual cloud environment.  

The props entry is required in each users entry. It identifies which users array entries are intended to represent the Separation of Duties Matrix. Tools processing OSCAL SSPs only for FedRAMP should ignore any users entry that does not include this props entry.