Cyber Posture

NIST 800-53 r5 · Controls catalogue · Family SC

SC-36Distributed Processing and Storage

Distribute the following processing and storage components across multiple {{ insert: param, sc-36_prm_1 }}: {{ insert: param, sc-36_prm_2 }}.

Last updated: 09 May 2026 03:25 UTC

Implementations targeting this control (0)

ATT&CK techniques this control mitigates (7)

Weaknesses this control addresses (5)AI

CWEs ranked by how often they appear in real CVEs. The rationale describes how this control reduces exploitability of each weakness class.

CWE Name CVEs Why this control addresses it
CWE-284Improper Access Control4,832Distribution forces an attacker to compromise multiple independent components rather than a single centralized target, directly reducing the impact of access control failures.
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption3,324Spreading processing and storage across locations prevents a single resource pool from being exhausted by one attack, mitigating uncontrolled consumption.
CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling1,979Decentralized allocation inherently caps the resources available to any one component or attacker, countering unbounded allocation weaknesses.
CWE-668Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere779Placing components in separate spheres limits the blast radius of any exposure, reducing the chance that a resource is reachable from an unintended domain.
CWE-653Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization52Explicitly distributes components to achieve compartmentalization, making it harder to exploit weak isolation boundaries between processing or storage elements.

Top CVEs where this control is the strongest mitigation

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