ATTM 008 SPSAQ.docx
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- INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION & VALIDATION State and local contract opportunity
- Solicitation number
- 5400024113
- Issued by
- Richland County, South Carolina
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This is a Service Provider Security Assessment Questionnaire (SPSAQ) attachment for a South Carolina state contract opportunity involving Independent Verification & Validation services. The questionnaire is a mandatory compliance document that requires responding contractors to provide comprehensive information regarding their information security practices, policies, and procedures. Contractors must address eleven substantive security assessment areas and provide authorized signatures attesting to the accuracy of their responses. The questionnaire must be completed in conjunction with two related clauses: the Service Provider Security Assessment Questionnaire - Required clause and the Service Provider Security Representation clause. Responses should reference additional pages or documents as appropriate to thoroughly address each requirement.
The questionnaire focuses on critical security controls and assurance requirements necessary to protect government information throughout its lifecycle. Key areas assessed include access control policies limiting information to authorized personnel only, disaster recovery and business continuity plans, employee and contractor vetting procedures, contractor and sub-contractor management practices, third-party security certifications (such as ISO/IEC 27001, AICPA SOC 2 Type 2, or SysTrust/WebTrust seals), physical security measures at data centers and hosting facilities, encryption protocols for data at rest and in transit, breach prevention and detection controls, audit logging practices and retention periods, incident response procedures, and post-contract termination data destruction protocols. The questionnaire also requires identification of any third parties that will host or access government information. Responding contractors must ensure that security certifications remain current throughout the contract term and commit to providing the state with updated compliance certificates and audit reports as applicable.
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ATTACHMENT 008
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 (FEB 2015) [09-9025-1]
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