NIST 800-171 · System and Communications Protection
Requirement 3.13.10
- SPRS weight
- SPRS weight: 1
- POA&M eligibility
- POA&M-eligible
- Assessment objectives
- 2 assessment objectives
Official requirement text
Establish and manage cryptographic keys for cryptography employed in organizational 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.
- 3.13.10[a]cryptographic keys are established whenever cryptography is employed.
- 3.13.10[b]cryptographic keys are managed whenever cryptography is employed.
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