NIST 800-171 · System and Communications Protection
Requirement 3.13.11
- SPRS weight
- SPRS weight: 5
- POA&M eligibility
- POA&M-eligible
- Assessment objectives
- 1 assessment objective
Official requirement text
Employ FIPS-validated cryptography when used to protect the confidentiality of CUI.
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.
- 3.13.11FIPS-validated cryptography is employed to protect the confidentiality of CUI.
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