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NIST 800-171 · Access Control

Requirement 3.1.8

SPRS weight
SPRS weight: 1
POA&M eligibility
POA&M-eligible
Assessment objectives
2 assessment objectives

Official requirement text

Limit unsuccessful logon attempts.

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. 3.1.8[a]the means of limiting unsuccessful logon attempts is defined.
  2. 3.1.8[b]the defined means of limiting unsuccessful logon attempts is implemented.

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