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NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2 · 3.14 System & Information Integrity

3.14.3 Monitor security alerts and advisories

Monitor system security alerts and advisories and take action in response.
SPRS weight
5
5 points deducted from 110 when not implemented.
CMMC level
L2
Level 2 only; not among the 17 Level 1 practices.
Assessment objectives
3
From NIST SP 800-171A, each one a “determine if” an assessor answers.

What an assessor checks

NIST SP 800-171A breaks 3.14.3 into 3 objectives. Every one has to be met for the requirement to be met; a partial answer scores as not implemented.

  1. [a]Determine if response actions to system security alerts and advisories are identified.
  2. [b]Determine if system security alerts and advisories are monitored.
  3. [c]Determine if actions in response to system security alerts and advisories are taken.
Examine
[SELECT FROM: System and information integrity policy; procedures addressing security alerts, advisories, and directives; security plan; records of security alerts and advisories; other relevant documents or records].
Interview
[SELECT FROM: Personnel with security alert and advisory responsibilities; personnel implementing, operating, maintaining, and using the system; personnel, organizational elements, and external organizations to whom alerts, advisories, and directives are to be disseminated; system or network administrators; personnel with information security responsibilities].
Test
[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for defining, receiving, generating, disseminating, and complying with security alerts, advisories, and directives; mechanisms supporting or implementing definition, receipt, generation, and dissemination of security alerts, advisories, and directives; mechanisms supporting or implementing security directives].

If it is open: POA&M eligibility

Not POA&M-eligible: above the 1-point ceiling · 5 points deducted

Worth 5 points. No requirement over 1 point may appear on a Level 2 POA&M, so this has to be closed before the assessment.

A POA&M is only permitted at a score of 88 or above, and closes in one 180-day window. Check a full gap list or compute your score.

Where 3.14.3 maps

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5

  • SI-4 Information System Monitoring
  • SI-5 Security Alerts, Advisories, and Directives
  • PM-15 Contacts with Security Groups and Associations

NIST CSF 2.0

  • The information system and assets are monitored Continuous Monitoring

SOC 2

No direct mapping.

Query it from your own tools

This page and the MacTech CMMC MCP server render the same dataset. Ask your assistant and it will answer from the methodology, not from memory.

lookup_control 3.14.3
get_assessment_objectives 3.14.3
generate_poam_entries ["3.14.3"]

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