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.

  1. 3.4.4the security impact of changes to each organizational system is analyzed prior to implementation.

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