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NIST SP 800-172

Enhanced Security Requirements for Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information: A Supplement to NIST Special Publication 800-171

Date Published: February 2021

Planning Note (04/13/2022): The enhanced security requirements in SP 800-172 are available in multiple data formats. The PDF of SP 800-172 is the authoritative source of the enhanced security requirements. If there are any discrepancies noted in the content between the CSV, XLSX and the SP 800-172 PDF, please contact sec-cert@nist.gov and refer to the PDF as the normative source.

Author(s)

Ron Ross (NIST), Victoria Pillitteri (NIST), Gary Guissanie (IDA), Ryan Wagner (IDA), Richard Graubart (MITRE), Deborah Bodeau (MITRE)

Abstract

Keywords

Advanced Persistent Threat; Basic Security Requirement; Contractor Systems; Controlled Unclassified Information; CUI Registry; Derived Security Requirement; Enhanced Security Requirement; Executive Order 13556; FIPS Publication 199; FIPS Publication 200; FISMA; NIST Special Publication 800-53; Nonfederal Organizations; Nonfederal Systems; Security Assessment; Security Control; Security Requirement
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