Management has asked you to scope out an assessment including your entire network. What are some examples you may see listed as a primary scoping component?
Primary scoping components are systems, applications, and infrastructure directly involved in processing, storing, or transmitting sensitive information. Examples include hypervisors (supporting virtualized systems), servers (hosting applications and data), databases like Oracle (storing structured data), and network attached storage (NAS) devices (storing files). These are all core elements of an IT environment subject to assessment. By contrast, smoke detectors are physical safety devices, not considered primary scoping components for HITRUST. Physical safeguards like detectors may fall under facility security, but they are not tested as primary IT components. Proper identification of primary scoping components is critical to defining the assessment boundary and ensuring appropriate requirements are applied.
[References: HITRUST CSF Methodology – “Primary vs. Secondary Components”; CCSFP Study Guide – “Examples of Scoping Components.”, ]
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