NIST 800-171 · Media Protection
Requirement 3.8.1
- SPRS weight
- SPRS weight: 3
- POA&M eligibility
- Not POA&M-eligible
- Assessment objectives
- 4 assessment objectives
Official requirement text
Protect (i.e., physically control and securely store) system media containing CUI, both paper and digital.
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.
- 3.8.1[a]paper media containing CUI is physically controlled.
- 3.8.1[b]digital media containing CUI is physically controlled.
- 3.8.1[c]paper media containing CUI is securely stored.
- 3.8.1[d]digital media containing CUI is securely stored.
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