NIST 800-171 · Maintenance

Requirement 3.7.4

SPRS weight
SPRS weight: 3
POA&M eligibility
Not POA&M-eligible
Assessment objectives
1 assessment objective

Official requirement text

Check media containing diagnostic and test programs for malicious code before the media are used in organizational systems.

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. 3.7.4media containing diagnostic and test programs are checked for malicious code before being used in organizational systems that process, store, or transmit CUI.

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