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NIST 800-171 · Security Assessment

Requirement 3.12.3

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

Official requirement text

Monitor security controls on an ongoing basis to ensure the continued effectiveness of the controls.

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. 3.12.3security controls are monitored on an ongoing basis to ensure the continued effectiveness of those controls.

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