NIST 800-171 · Access Control
Requirement 3.1.12
- SPRS weight
- SPRS weight: 5
- POA&M eligibility
- Not POA&M-eligible
- Assessment objectives
- 4 assessment objectives
Official requirement text
Monitor and control remote access sessions.
Assessment objectives
Assessors don’t evaluate the requirement as one sentence; they walk these objectives one by one. Each must be met for the requirement to score.
- 3.1.12[a]remote access sessions are permitted.
- 3.1.12[b]the types of permitted remote access are identified.
- 3.1.12[c]remote access sessions are controlled.
- 3.1.12[d]remote access sessions are monitored.
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