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assessment findings

Definition(s):

  Assessment results produced by the application of an assessment procedure to a security control or control enhancement to achieve an assessment objective; the execution of a determination statement within an assessment procedure by an assessor that results in either a satisfied or other than satisfied condition.
Source(s):
CNSSI 4009-2015 from NIST SP 800-53A Rev. 1
NIST SP 800-137 under Assessment Findings from NISTIR 7298

  Assessment results produced by the application of an assessment procedure to a security control, privacy control, or control enhancement to achieve an assessment objective; the execution of a determination statement within an assessment procedure by an assessor that results in either a satisfied or other than satisfied condition.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-53A Rev. 4 under Assessment Findings