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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidance classifies security controls as Response:

The correct answer is C. system-specific, common and hybrid.. NIST guidance classifies security controls based on their scope of applicability as system-specific, common, or hybrid controls.

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Question

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidance classifies security controls as Response:

Options

  • Aproduction, development. and test.
  • Bpeople, process, and technology.
  • Csystem-specific, common and hybrid.
  • Dtechnical, administrative, and program.

How the community answered

(57 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    88% (50)
  • D
    7% (4)

Why each option

NIST guidance classifies security controls based on their scope of applicability as system-specific, common, or hybrid controls.

Aproduction, development. and test.

Production, development, and test refer to different environments or stages in the system lifecycle, not a classification of security controls themselves.

Bpeople, process, and technology.

People, process, and technology are broad categories for security components but not a formal NIST classification for control applicability.

Csystem-specific, common and hybrid.Correct

NIST Special Publication 800-37 R2 defines security controls as system-specific (directly supporting a particular system), common (shared across multiple systems), and hybrid (combining both common and system-specific elements).

Dtechnical, administrative, and program.

Technical, administrative, and program are another valid classification of security controls based on their nature, but 'system-specific, common, and hybrid' is also a distinct NIST classification for applicability.

Concept tested: NIST Security Control Classification (Applicability)

Source: https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/2019/12/26/sp800-37r2-final.pdf

Topics

#NIST guidance#Security control classification#System-specific controls#Common controls

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