NIST SP 800-171
What is NIST SP 800-171?
A NIST publication that provides recommended security requirements for protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in non-federal systems and organisations. Compliance with 800-171 is required for US defence contractors.
Terms that appear alongside nist sp 800-171
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as nist sp 800-171. The number is how many controls name both.
- nist 8 shared controls
- fedramp 4 shared controls
- cmmc 4 shared controls
- encryption 3 shared controls
- baseline 3 shared controls
- authorization 3 shared controls
- audit 3 shared controls
- cybersecurity 3 shared controls
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Requirements naming nist sp 800-171 across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.
The Contractor shall provide adequate security on all covered contractor information systems; for systems that are not part of an IT service or system operated on behalf of the Government, this means implementing the security requirements in NIST SP 800-171 in...
DFARS-7012-b · Adequate security - implement NIST SP 800-171 →Coordination positions IRS Pub 1075 within the broader US federal + state + and industry security landscape. (1) NIST Standards: NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 (primary control set incorporated by reference Section 9.3) + NIST SP 800-53A (assessment methodology) + NIST...
IRSPub1075-CoordNIST80053-FedRAMP-FISMA-CJIS-SSACDS-StateRevAgencies-PrivacyAct-SOC2-Industry · IRS Pub 1075 Coordination - NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 + FedRAMP + FISMA + 26 USC 6103 + FBI CJIS + SSA CDS + State Revenue Agencies + Privacy Act + SOC 2 + Industry Frameworks + Federal Sectoral →Each SIG release is mapped to reference documents so one response can serve several frameworks: the 2024 SIG carries direct mappings to 27 reference documents in the content library (among them the 2024 SCA, ISO/IEC 27001 and 27002:2022, ISO/IEC 27701, NIST AI...
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