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NIST 800-171 · Physical Protection

Requirement 3.10.1

SPRS weight
SPRS weight: 5
POA&M eligibility
Not POA&M-eligible
Assessment objectives
4 assessment objectives

Official requirement text

Limit physical access to organizational systems, equipment, and the respective operating environments to authorized individuals.

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. 3.10.1[a]authorized individuals allowed physical access are identified.
  2. 3.10.1[b]physical access to organizational systems is limited to authorized individuals.
  3. 3.10.1[c]physical access to equipment is limited to authorized individuals.
  4. 3.10.1[d]physical access to operating environments is limited to authorized individuals.

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