NIST 800-171 · Security Assessment
Requirement 3.12.1
- SPRS weight
- SPRS weight: 5
- POA&M eligibility
- Not POA&M-eligible
- Assessment objectives
- 2 assessment objectives
Official requirement text
Periodically assess the security controls in organizational systems to determine if the controls are effective in their application.
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.
- 3.12.1[a]the frequency of security control assessments is defined.
- 3.12.1[b]security controls are assessed with the defined frequency to determine if the controls are effective in their application.
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