NIST 800-171 Gap Analysis
Score yourself honestly against all 110 controls. The score updates as you answer. The POA&M tab auto-fills from anything marked Partial or Not Implemented. No email required to use the tool — your answers stay in your browser.
SPRS Score
-208
of 110 max · floor -203
Implemented
0
Partial
0
Not Implemented
110
N/A
0
110 of 110 controls answered (100%)
3.1 Access Control (22 controls)
3.1.15-pt
Limit access to authorized users
Limit system access to authorized users, processes acting on behalf of authorized users, and devices.
3.1.25-pt
Limit access to authorized functions
Limit system access to the types of transactions and functions that authorized users are permitted to execute.
3.1.31-pt
Control CUI flow
Control the flow of CUI in accordance with approved authorizations.
3.1.41-pt
Separate duties
Separate the duties of individuals to reduce the risk of malevolent activity without collusion.
3.1.53-pt
Least privilege
Employ the principle of least privilege, including for specific security functions and privileged accounts.
3.1.61-pt
Non-privileged accounts for non-security functions
Use non-privileged accounts or roles when accessing non-security functions.
3.1.71-pt
Prevent non-privileged users from executing privileged functions
Prevent non-privileged users from executing privileged functions and capture the execution of such functions in audit logs.
3.1.81-pt
Limit unsuccessful logon attempts
Limit unsuccessful logon attempts.
3.1.91-pt
System use notification
Provide privacy and security notices consistent with applicable CUI rules.
3.1.101-pt
Session lock
Use session lock with pattern-hiding displays to prevent access and viewing of data after a period of inactivity.
3.1.111-pt
Session termination
Terminate (automatically) a user session after a defined condition.
3.1.125-pt
Monitor and control remote access
Monitor and control remote access sessions.
3.1.135-pt
Cryptographic mechanisms for remote access
Employ cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality of remote access sessions.
3.1.141-pt
Route remote access via managed access control points
Route remote access via managed access control points.
3.1.151-pt
Authorize remote execution of privileged commands
Authorize remote execution of privileged commands and remote access to security-relevant information.
3.1.165-pt
Authorize wireless access
Authorize wireless access prior to allowing such connections.
3.1.175-pt
Protect wireless access
Protect wireless access using authentication and encryption.
3.1.185-pt
Control mobile device connection
Control connection of mobile devices.
3.1.195-pt
Encrypt CUI on mobile devices
Encrypt CUI on mobile devices and mobile computing platforms.
3.1.201-pt
Verify and control external system connections
Verify and control/limit connections to and use of external systems.
3.1.211-pt
Limit use of organizational portable storage devices on external systems
Limit use of organizational portable storage devices on external systems.
3.1.221-pt
Control public-released information
Control CUI posted or processed on publicly accessible systems.
3.2 Awareness and Training (3 controls)
3.2.15-pt
Security awareness for managers and users
Ensure that managers, system administrators, and users are made aware of the security risks associated with their activities and of applicable policies and procedures.
3.2.25-pt
Security training for assigned duties
Ensure that personnel are trained to carry out their assigned information security-related duties and responsibilities.
3.2.31-pt
Insider threat awareness training
Provide security awareness training on recognizing and reporting potential indicators of insider threat.
3.3 Audit and Accountability (9 controls)
3.3.15-pt
Create and retain system audit records
Create and retain system audit logs and records to the extent needed to enable the monitoring, analysis, investigation, and reporting of unlawful or unauthorized system activity.
3.3.23-pt
Ensure traceable actions
Ensure that the actions of individual system users can be uniquely traced to those users so they can be held accountable for their actions.
3.3.31-pt
Review and update logged events
Review and update logged events.
3.3.41-pt
Alert on audit logging failures
Alert in the event of an audit logging process failure.
3.3.53-pt
Correlate audit record review and reporting
Correlate audit record review, analysis, and reporting processes for investigation and response to indications of unlawful, unauthorized, suspicious, or unusual activity.
3.3.61-pt
Provide audit record reduction and report generation
Provide audit record reduction and report generation to support on-demand analysis and reporting.
3.3.71-pt
Provide a system capability for audit record time stamps
Provide a system capability that compares and synchronizes internal system clocks with an authoritative source to generate time stamps for audit records.
3.3.81-pt
Protect audit information from tampering
Protect audit information and audit logging tools from unauthorized access, modification, and deletion.
3.3.91-pt
Limit audit-record management to privileged users
Limit management of audit logging functionality to a subset of privileged users.
3.4 Configuration Management (9 controls)
3.4.15-pt
Establish baseline configurations
Establish and maintain baseline configurations and inventories of organizational systems throughout the respective system development life cycles.
3.4.25-pt
Establish configuration settings
Establish and enforce security configuration settings for information technology products employed in organizational systems.
3.4.31-pt
Track, review, approve/disapprove changes
Track, review, approve or disapprove, and log changes to organizational systems.
3.4.41-pt
Analyze security impact of changes
Analyze the security impact of changes prior to implementation.
3.4.51-pt
Enforce physical and logical access restrictions on changes
Define, document, approve, and enforce physical and logical access restrictions associated with changes to organizational systems.
3.4.65-pt
Apply principle of least functionality
Employ the principle of least functionality by configuring organizational systems to provide only essential capabilities.
3.4.75-pt
Restrict, disable, or prevent the use of nonessential programs
Restrict, disable, or prevent the use of nonessential programs, functions, ports, protocols, and services.
3.4.85-pt
Apply deny-by-exception policy
Apply deny-by-exception (blacklisting) policy to prevent the use of unauthorized software or deny-all, permit-by-exception (whitelisting) policy to allow the execution of authorized software.
3.4.91-pt
Control and monitor user-installed software
Control and monitor user-installed software.
3.5 Identification and Authentication (11 controls)
3.5.15-pt
Identify users and processes
Identify system users, processes acting on behalf of users, and devices.
3.5.25-pt
Authenticate users and processes
Authenticate (or verify) the identities of users, processes, or devices, as a prerequisite to allowing access to organizational systems.
3.5.35-pt
Use multifactor authentication
Use multifactor authentication for local and network access to privileged accounts and for network access to non-privileged accounts.
3.5.45-pt
Replay-resistant authentication mechanisms
Employ replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to privileged and non-privileged accounts.
3.5.51-pt
Prevent reuse of identifiers
Prevent reuse of identifiers for a defined period.
3.5.61-pt
Disable identifiers after defined inactivity
Disable identifiers after a defined period of inactivity.
3.5.75-pt
Enforce minimum password complexity
Enforce a minimum password complexity and change of characters when new passwords are created.
3.5.81-pt
Prohibit password reuse
Prohibit password reuse for a specified number of generations.
3.5.91-pt
Allow temporary passwords with immediate change
Allow temporary password use for system logons with an immediate change to a permanent password.
3.5.105-pt
Store and transmit only cryptographically-protected passwords
Store and transmit only cryptographically-protected passwords.
3.5.111-pt
Obscure feedback of authentication information
Obscure feedback of authentication information.
3.6 Incident Response (3 controls)
3.6.15-pt
Establish incident-handling capability
Establish an operational incident-handling capability for organizational systems that includes preparation, detection, analysis, containment, recovery, and user response activities.
3.6.25-pt
Track, document, and report incidents
Track, document, and report incidents to designated officials and/or authorities both internal and external to the organization.
3.6.31-pt
Test the organizational incident response capability
Test the organizational incident response capability.
3.7 Maintenance (6 controls)
3.7.11-pt
Perform maintenance on organizational systems
Perform maintenance on organizational systems.
3.7.21-pt
Provide controls on tools, techniques, mechanisms, and personnel
Provide controls on the tools, techniques, mechanisms, and personnel used to conduct system maintenance.
3.7.31-pt
Ensure equipment removed for off-site maintenance is sanitized of CUI
Ensure equipment removed for off-site maintenance is sanitized of any CUI.
3.7.43-pt
Check media containing diagnostic and test programs for malicious code
Check media containing diagnostic and test programs for malicious code before being used in organizational systems.
3.7.55-pt
Require multifactor authentication to establish nonlocal maintenance sessions
Require multifactor authentication to establish nonlocal maintenance sessions via external network connections and terminate such connections when nonlocal maintenance is complete.
3.7.61-pt
Supervise the maintenance activities of maintenance personnel without required access authorization
Supervise the maintenance activities of maintenance personnel without required access authorization.
3.8 Media Protection (9 controls)
3.8.13-pt
Protect (i.e., physically control and securely store) system media containing CUI
Protect (i.e., physically control and securely store) system media containing CUI, both paper and digital.
3.8.23-pt
Limit access to CUI on system media to authorized users
Limit access to CUI on system media to authorized users.
3.8.31-pt
Sanitize or destroy system media containing CUI before disposal or release for reuse
Sanitize or destroy system media containing CUI before disposal or release for reuse.
3.8.41-pt
Mark media with necessary CUI markings and distribution limitations
Mark media with necessary CUI markings and distribution limitations.
3.8.53-pt
Control access to media containing CUI and maintain accountability for media during transport
Control access to media containing CUI and maintain accountability for media during transport outside of controlled areas.
3.8.61-pt
Implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality of CUI on digital media during transport
Implement cryptographic mechanisms to protect the confidentiality of CUI stored on digital media during transport unless otherwise protected by alternative physical safeguards.
3.8.75-pt
Control the use of removable media on system components
Control the use of removable media on system components.
3.8.85-pt
Prohibit the use of portable storage devices when such devices have no identifiable owner
Prohibit the use of portable storage devices when such devices have no identifiable owner.
3.8.91-pt
Protect the confidentiality of backup CUI at storage locations
Protect the confidentiality of backup CUI at storage locations.
3.9 Personnel Security (2 controls)
3.9.13-pt
Screen individuals prior to authorizing access to CUI
Screen individuals prior to authorizing access to organizational systems containing CUI.
3.9.25-pt
Ensure CUI and systems are protected during personnel actions
Ensure that organizational systems containing CUI are protected during and after personnel actions such as terminations and transfers.
3.10 Physical Protection (6 controls)
3.10.15-pt
Limit physical access to systems and operating environments
Limit physical access to organizational systems, equipment, and the respective operating environments to authorized individuals.
3.10.25-pt
Protect and monitor the physical facility and support infrastructure
Protect and monitor the physical facility and support infrastructure for organizational systems.
3.10.31-pt
Escort visitors and monitor visitor activity
Escort visitors and monitor visitor activity.
3.10.41-pt
Maintain audit logs of physical access
Maintain audit logs of physical access.
3.10.51-pt
Control and manage physical access devices
Control and manage physical access devices.
3.10.61-pt
Enforce safeguarding measures for CUI at alternate work sites
Enforce safeguarding measures for CUI at alternate work sites.
3.11 Risk Assessment (3 controls)
3.11.13-pt
Periodically assess the risk to operations, assets, and individuals
Periodically assess the risk to organizational operations (including mission, functions, image, or reputation), organizational assets, and individuals, resulting from the operation of organizational systems and the associated processing, storage, or transmission of CUI.
3.11.25-pt
Scan for vulnerabilities in systems and applications
Scan for vulnerabilities in organizational systems and applications periodically and when new vulnerabilities affecting those systems and applications are identified.
3.11.35-pt
Remediate vulnerabilities in accordance with risk assessments
Remediate vulnerabilities in accordance with risk assessments.
3.12 Security Assessment (4 controls)
3.12.15-pt
Periodically assess the security controls
Periodically assess the security controls in organizational systems to determine if the controls are effective in their application.
3.12.23-pt
Develop and implement plans of action
Develop and implement plans of action designed to correct deficiencies and reduce or eliminate vulnerabilities in organizational systems.
3.12.35-pt
Monitor security controls on an ongoing basis
Monitor security controls on an ongoing basis to ensure the continued effectiveness of the controls.
3.12.41-pt
Develop and document SSP
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.
3.13 System and Communications Protection (16 controls)
3.13.15-pt
Monitor, control, and protect communications at the external boundaries and key internal boundaries
Monitor, control, and protect communications (i.e., information transmitted or received by organizational systems) at the external boundaries and key internal boundaries of organizational systems.
3.13.25-pt
Employ architectural designs, software development techniques, and systems engineering principles
Employ architectural designs, software development techniques, and systems engineering principles that promote effective information security within organizational systems.
3.13.31-pt
Separate user functionality from system management functionality
Separate user functionality from system management functionality.
3.13.41-pt
Prevent unauthorized and unintended information transfer via shared system resources
Prevent unauthorized and unintended information transfer via shared system resources.
3.13.55-pt
Implement subnetworks for publicly accessible system components
Implement subnetworks for publicly accessible system components that are physically or logically separated from internal networks.
3.13.65-pt
Deny network communications by default and allow by exception
Deny network communications traffic by default and allow network communications traffic by exception (i.e., deny all, permit by exception).
3.13.71-pt
Prevent remote devices from simultaneously connecting to non-organizational systems while connected to organizational networks
Prevent remote devices from simultaneously establishing non-remote connections with organizational systems and communicating via some other connection to resources in external networks (i.e., split tunneling).
3.13.85-pt
Implement cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclosure of CUI during transmission
Implement cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclosure of CUI during transmission unless otherwise protected by alternative physical safeguards.
3.13.91-pt
Terminate network connections at end of session or after a defined period of inactivity
Terminate network connections associated with communications sessions at the end of the sessions or after a defined period of inactivity.
3.13.101-pt
Establish and manage cryptographic keys for cryptography employed in organizational systems
Establish and manage cryptographic keys for cryptography employed in organizational systems.
3.13.115-pt
Employ FIPS-validated cryptography
Employ FIPS-validated cryptography when used to protect the confidentiality of CUI.
3.13.121-pt
Prohibit remote activation of collaborative computing devices
Prohibit remote activation of collaborative computing devices and provide indication of devices in use to users present at the device.
3.13.131-pt
Control and monitor the use of mobile code
Control and monitor the use of mobile code.
3.13.141-pt
Control and monitor the use of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technologies
Control and monitor the use of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technologies.
3.13.155-pt
Protect the authenticity of communications sessions
Protect the authenticity of communications sessions.
3.13.161-pt
Protect the confidentiality of CUI at rest
Protect the confidentiality of CUI at rest.
3.14 System and Information Integrity (7 controls)
3.14.15-pt
Identify, report, and correct system flaws in a timely manner
Identify, report, and correct system flaws in a timely manner.
3.14.25-pt
Provide protection from malicious code
Provide protection from malicious code at designated locations within organizational systems.
3.14.35-pt
Monitor system security alerts and advisories
Monitor system security alerts and advisories and take action in response.
3.14.45-pt
Update malicious code protection mechanisms when new releases are available
Update malicious code protection mechanisms when new releases are available.
3.14.53-pt
Perform periodic scans of the system and real-time scans of files
Perform periodic scans of organizational systems and real-time scans of files from external sources as files are downloaded, opened, or executed.
3.14.65-pt
Monitor organizational systems
Monitor organizational systems, including inbound and outbound communications traffic, to detect attacks and indicators of potential attacks.
3.14.73-pt
Identify unauthorized use of organizational systems
Identify unauthorized use of organizational systems.
How the score works
DoD Assessment Methodology v1.2.1 starts every contractor at 110 (perfect). Each unimplemented control subtracts its weight: 1, 3, or 5 points based on impact. Partial implementation subtracts half (rounded up). The minimum documented score is -203.
Of the 110 controls: 32 are 5-point (high impact), 15 are 3-point, 63 are 1-point. Most SMB score loss concentrates in four families: 3.13 (System and Communications Protection), 3.5 (Identification and Authentication), 3.3 (Audit and Accountability), and 3.4 (Configuration Management). Read the full guide for what fixes each family.
Weights here reflect DoD Assessment Methodology v1.2.1. Verify against the current PMO publication before posting any score to SPRS. This tool is a planning aid, not legal advice or a substitute for an SSP/POA&M.
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