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#### **What is ISO/IEC 27001?**
ISO/IEC 27001 is an international standard on information security management systems (ISMS), providing requirements for organizations of any size and kind to manage the security of its assets, such as proprietary data, third party
information, financial information, intellectual property, and employee information. ISO 27001 standard provides a framework for policies and procedures that include all legal, physical, and technical controls involved in an organization’s
information risk management processes. This standard specifies the requirements for designing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving an information security management system within the context of the organization.
ISO 27001 standard also includes requirements for the assessment and treatment of information security risks tailored to the needs of the organization. The requirements are generic and are intended to be applicable and scalable to
all organizations, regardless of type, size or nature.
#### **Who should comply with the ISO/IEC 27001?**
As a highly sought-after ISMS standard, many companies realize the benefits of being ISO 27001 certified. With this globally recognized information security management standard certification, your organization will show that you value
the data and information that you generate, handle, process, and store. Companies that are in sensitive and critical sectors as well as those in competitive environments and seeking opportunities in regulated industries should consider
full compliance. By being certified or compliant with ISO 27001, your organization will
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* Gain trust/approval of the customers (become a qualified product, software, or data supplier for potential customers)
* Gain advantage over competitors
* Create new business opportunities
* Reduce risk and costs
* Comply with the federal, statutory and state regulations
* Increase company reputation
* Increase predictability and stability
* Increase supply-chain management, and
* Discover how internal departments can communicate better.
#### **What are the Components of ISO/IEC 27001?**
ISO 27001:2013 has 14 domains of controls, as provided below, and 114 control requirements under these domains. However, not all of these controls are mandatory in order to be ISO 27001 certified by the accredited registrar. Organizations can
choose for themselves which controls they find applicable and implement only those that are applicable:
* Information security policies
* Organization of information security
* Human resources security
* Asset management
* Access control
* Cryptography
* Physical and environmental security
* Operational security
* Communications security
* System acquisition, development and maintenance
* Supplier relationships
* Information security incident management
* Information security aspects of business continuity management
* Compliance
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#### **What is NIST SP 800-171?**
The U.S. Government considers the protection of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in nonfederal systems and organizations is of great importance to the federal agencies. Loss or breach of CUI can directly impact the ability
of the agencies to perform its missions and operations.
NIST 800-171 refers to National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-171, which governs Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) that is processed, stored, and transmitted in Non-Federal Information
Systems and Organizations. It is a standard that defines the security requirements and methods of safeguarding and distributing the material deemed sensitive but not classified by the federal government agencies when:
CUI is resident in nonfederal systems and organizations
No specific safeguarding requirements exist for protecting the confidentiality of CUI by another law or regulation, and
The nonfederal organization is not collecting or maintaining information on behalf of a federal agency or using or operating a system on behalf of an agency
The security requirements identified in NIST 800-171 standard are intended for use by federal agencies in contracts and other agreements established between those agencies and nonfederal organizations, such as their subcontractors
and partners.
#### **Who is Required to Comply?**
DFARS (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement) clause 252.204-7012 requires companies and organizations to comply with the NIST 800-171 cyber security standard when they process, store, or transmit CUI. This requirement
typically would be found in the Department of Defense contracts. The organizations and companies that are not compliant with this standard would risk losing their DoD contracts.
Simply put, if your company/organization wants to work with the DoD you will have to be NIST 800-171 compliant in case you will find yourself in a situation of receiving or processing CUI.
DFARS also requires contractors and subcontractors to immediately report cyber breaches and incidents (in 72 hours of discovery) to DoD. In case your company is a lower-tier subcontractor your company would also be required to provide
the incident report to the higher-tier subcontractor, until the prime contractor is reached.
In summary, every contracting organization must take immediate action to fulfill the requirements if they are not already compliant. The preparation process typically includes in-depth assessment of the current cyber-security posture
of the organization and identify the requirements. Thereafter, organization should implement actions that include securing the system access, increasing employee awareness, properly configuring the system security settings, installing/deploying
necessary risk analysis and monitoring software, etc.
Failure to comply can result in the termination of active contracts with DoD, fines or penalties resulting from the breach of contract, and rejection from the new contracts.
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#### **What are the Components of NIST SP 800-171?**
The standard has 14 key areas and requirement families. Companies must implement 110 requirements that are outlined in these areas:
* Access Control (AC)
* Awareness & Training (AT)
* Audit & Accountability (AU)
* Configuration Management (CM)
* Identification & Authentication (IA)
* Incident Response (IR)
* Maintenance (MA)
* Media Protection (MP)
* Personnel Security (PS)
* Physical Protection (PE)
* Risk Assessment (RA)
* Security Assessment (CA)
* System and Communications Protection (SC)
* System and Information Integrity (SI)
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