3.12.4SPRS: Not scored (SSP gate)

Develop, document, and update System Security Plans (SSP)

Security Assessment · NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2

Requirement

Develop, document, and periodically update system security plans that describe system boundaries, system environments of operation, how security requirements are implemented, and the relationships with or connections to other systems.[28]

Discussion

System security plans relate security requirements to a set of security controls. System security plans also describe, at a high level, how the security controls meet those security requirements, but do not provide detailed, technical descriptions of the design or implementation of the controls. System security plans contain sufficient information to enable a design and implementation that is unambiguously compliant with the intent of the plans and subsequent determinations of risk if the plan i

How this affects your SPRS score

Under the DoD Assessment Methodology, a perfect SPRS score is 110. If this control is not met, it does not subtract points directly, but it gates whether a score can be calculated at all.

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Source: NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2 (public domain) · SPRS weighting per the DoD Assessment Methodology · This is reference information, not an official assessment.

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