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Components

OSCAL component include:

  • this system, a special component that represents the entire system and everything within the authorization boundary
  • technical components, including virtual and physical hardware as well as software, such as routers, switches, firewalls, databases and web servers;
  • documents, such as policies, procedures, plans and guides;
  • interconnections between other systems and this system;
  • leveraged systems sometimes called "leveraged authorizations"; and
  • cloud-native services.