Valontir

NIST 800-171 · System and Information Integrity

Requirement 3.14.4

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

Official requirement text

Update malicious code protection mechanisms when new releases are available.

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. 3.14.4malicious code protection mechanisms are updated when new releases are available.

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