ATTACHMENT A - SPSAQ.pdf
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- Richland County, South Carolina
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This is a Service Provider Security Assessment Questionnaire (SPSAQ) form used by a state or local government entity to evaluate the security capabilities and practices of potential service providers or contractors handling government information. The questionnaire is designed to be completed by offerors as part of the procurement process and must be read in conjunction with related security assessment and representation clauses. No specific products, services, quantities, response dates, due dates, site visits, bidder meetings, award dates, or contract terms are detailed in this document, as it functions as a standardized assessment tool rather than a specific solicitation document.
The questionnaire requires contractors to provide comprehensive responses addressing eleven key security areas: access controls for government information, disaster recovery and business continuity plans, employee and contractor vetting procedures, security policies for subcontractors, third-party security certifications (such as ISO/IEC 27001 or AICPA SOC 2 Type 2), physical security safeguards, encryption protocols for data at rest and in transit, breach prevention controls, incident detection and logging procedures, post-contract data management and destruction, and incident response policies. Additionally, contractors must identify any third parties that will host or access government information. The form requires authorization by a representative with signature authority, and contractor responses to this questionnaire include all information submitted with their offer regarding information and data security.
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SERVICE PROVIDER SECURITY ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE
Instructions: (1) Attach additional pages or documents as appropriate and make sure answers cross reference to the questions below. (2) As used in this Questionnaire, the phrase “government information” shall have the meaning defined in the clause titled “Information Security.” (3) This Questionnaire must be read in conjunction with both of the following two clauses (a) Service Provider Security Assessment Questionnaire – Required, and (b) Service Provider Security Representation.
1. Describe your policies and procedures that ensure access to government information is limited to only those of your employees and contractors who require access to perform your proposed services.
2. Describe your disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
3. What safeguards and practices do you have in place to vet your employees and contractors who will have access to government information?
4. Describe and explain your security policies and procedures as they relate to your use of your contractors and next-tier sub -contractors.
5. List any reports or certifications that you have from properly accredited third-parties that demonstrate that adequate security controls and assurance requirements are in place to adequately provide for the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the information systems used to process, store, transmit, and access all government information. (For example, an ISO/IEC 27001 compliance certificate, an AICPA SOC 2 (Type 2) report, or perhaps an AICPA SOC 3 report (i.e., a SysTrust or WebTrust seal)). For each certification, describe the scope of the assessment performed. Will these reports / certifications remain in place for the duration of the contract?
Will you provide the state with most recent and future versions of the applicable compliance certificate / audit report?
6. Describe the policies, procedures and practices you have in place to provide for the physical security of your data centers and other sites where government information will be hosted, accessed or maintained.
7. Will government information be encrypted at rest? Will government information be encrypted when transmitted? Will government information be encrypted during data backups, and on backup media? Please elaborate.
8. Describe safeguards that are in place to prevent unauthorized use, reuse, distribution, transmission, manipulation, copying, modification, access or disclosure of government information.
9. What controls are in place to detect security breaches? What system and network activity do you log? How long do you maintain these audit logs?
10. How will government information be managed after contract termination? Will government information provided to the Contractor be deleted or destroyed? When will this occur?
11. Describe your incident response policies and practices.
12. Identify any third party which will host or have access to government information.
Offeror’s response to this questionnaire includes any other information submitted with its offer regarding information or data security.
SIGNATURE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO REPRESENT THE ACCURACY OF THIS INFORMATION ON BEHALF
OF CONTRACTOR:
By: ____________________________________ (authorized signature)
Its: ____________________________________ (printed name of person signing above)
(title of person signing above)
Date: ____________________________________
SPSAQ (JAN 2015) [09-9025-1]
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