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NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2

Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations

Date Published: February 2020 (includes updates as of January 28, 2021)

Supersedes: SP 800-171 Rev. 2 (02/21/2020)

Planning Note (04/13/2022):

The security requirements in SP 800-171 Revision 2 are available in multiple data formats. The PDF of SP 800-171 Revision 2 is the authoritative source of the CUI security requirements. If there are any discrepancies noted in the content between the CSV, XLSX, and the SP 800-171 PDF, please contact sec-cert@nist.gov and refer to the PDF as the normative source.


CUI SSP template

** There is no prescribed format or specified level of detail for system security plans. However, organizations ensure that the required information in [SP 800-171 Requirement] 3.12.4 is conveyed in those plans.


Author(s)

Ron Ross (NIST), Victoria Pillitteri (NIST), Kelley Dempsey (NIST), Mark Riddle (NARA), Gary Guissanie (IDA)

Abstract

Keywords

basic security requirement; contractor systems; Controlled Unclassified Information; CUI Registry; derived security requirement; Executive Order 13556; FIPS Publication 199; FIPS Publication 200; FISMA; NIST Special Publication 800-53; nonfederal systems; security assessment; security control; security requirement; nonfederal organizations
Control Families

Access Control; Awareness and Training; Audit and Accountability; Configuration Management; Identification and Authentication; Maintenance; Media Protection; Physical and Environmental Protection; Personnel Security; System and Communications Protection; System and Information Integrity