Various Articles Addressing Implementation Issues

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The Most Important NIST SP 800-171 Requirement

With the approaching deadline, many DoD contractors are still implementing NIST SP 800-171 in order to control their Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). While implementing something like this, it is easy to become inappropriately focused on conformance to the re...
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Multifactor Authentication for NIST SP 800-171

The requirements for multifactor authentication have caused headaches to many organizations in their quest to implement NIST SP 800-171. The initial implementation deadline of the standard was delayed because of the outcry of many contractors based primarily upon the c...
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Incident Response Planning for the Small Business Seeking NIST SP 800-171 and DFARS 204.252-7012 Conformance

There are many challenges in achieving conformance to the Government’s requirement for the control of CUI, especially for the smaller organization. One of those challenges is the need for a plan to handle Incident Response (NIST SP 800-171, Section 3.6, Incident Respon...
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