Removal of Unnecessary Services and Programs Clause Samples

Removal of Unnecessary Services and Programs. Supplier shall provide documentation detailing all applications, utilities, system services, scripts, configuration files, databases, and all other software required and the appropriate configurations, including revisions and/or patch levels for each of the computer systems. Supplier shall provide a listing of services required for all computer systems and applications. The listing shall include all ports and services required for normal operation as well as any other ports and services required for emergency operation. The listing shall also include an explanation or cross reference to explain why each service is necessary for operation. Supplier shall verify and provide documentation that all services are patched to current status. Supplier shall provide, within a pre-negotiated period, appropriate software and service updates to mitigate all vulnerabilities associated with the product and to maintain the established level of system security. Supplier shall remove all software components that are not required for the operation and maintenance of the system or application. Supplier shall provide documentation on what is removed. The software to be removed shall include, but not be limited to: Adware; games; device drivers for network devices not delivered; messaging services (e.g., MSN, AOL IM); servers or clients for unused Internet services; software compilers in all user workstations and servers except for development workstations and servers; software compilers for languages that are not used in the control system; unused applications; unused networking and communications protocols; unused administrative utilities, diagnostics, network management, and system management functions; backups of files, databases, and programs used only during system development; all unused data and configuration files; sample programs and scripts; unused document processing utilities (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, OpenOffice, etc.).