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NIST 800-171 · Access Control

Requirement 3.1.20

SPRS weight
SPRS weight: 1
POA&M eligibility
Not POA&M-eligible
Assessment objectives
6 assessment objectives

Official requirement text

Verify and control/limit connections to and use of external systems.

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.

  1. 3.1.20[a]connections to external systems are identified.
  2. 3.1.20[b]use of external systems is identified.
  3. 3.1.20[c]connections to external systems are verified.
  4. 3.1.20[d]use of external systems is verified.
  5. 3.1.20[e]connections to external systems are controlled/limited.
  6. 3.1.20[f]use of external systems is controlled/limited.

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