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Governance, Risk, Audit & Privacy · Advanced

NIST SP 800-171A

NIST assessment procedures for verifying the security requirements of NIST SP 800-171.

Definition

SP 800-171A defines assessment objectives (determination statements) for each requirement and the examine, interview, and test methods. CMMC Level 2 assessments score each requirement as MET only when all its objectives are satisfied; Rev. 2 has 320 assessment objectives.

Example

An assessor checks all six determination statements for requirement 3.1.1 before marking it MET.

Exam tip

A requirement is NOT MET if any single assessment objective is unmet.

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