NIST 800-171 · Configuration Management
Requirement 3.4.4
- SPRS weight
- SPRS weight: 1
- POA&M eligibility
- POA&M-eligible
- Assessment objectives
- 1 assessment objective
Official requirement text
Analyze the security impact of changes prior to implementation.
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.
- 3.4.4the security impact of changes to each organizational system is analyzed prior to implementation.
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