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NIST 800-171 · Identification and Authentication

Requirement 3.5.10

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

Official requirement text

Store and transmit only cryptographically-protected passwords.

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. 3.5.10[a]passwords are cryptographically protected in storage.
  2. 3.5.10[b]passwords are cryptographically protected in transit.

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