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NIST releases final version of publication on assessing controlled unclassified information

/ June 18, 2018

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released the final version of a special publication to help organizations develop “assessment plans” -- and then conduct these assessments -- of the controlled unclassified information in nonfederal systems and organizations defined in another NIST publication.

SP 800-171A on “assessing security requirements for CUI” follows the draft version of the document put out by NIST in February. The publication serves as a companion to SP 800-171 on “protecting controlled unclassified...


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