Re: student systems and NIST 800-171

[Colin Glover <colin.glover () SERA-BRYNN COM>]

In addition to 171a, NIST provided the NIST MEP Cybersecurity Self-Assessment Handbook For Assessing NIST SP 800-171 
Security Requirements in Response to DFARS Cybersecurity Requirements which provides a bit more plain language 
breakdown of the requirements, https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/hb/2017/NIST.HB.162.pdf


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Not related to financial aid systems, but the DoD has created a self-assessment scoring system for themselves on 
800-171, and NIST provides 800-171a, they are a starting point

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Laura Raderman
ISO Policy & Compliance Coordinator
Carnegie Mellon University
lraderman () cmu edu

> On Jan 28, 2021, at 11:35 AM, Fugett, Julie C <jcf () ku edu> wrote:
>
> Is anyone aware of templates, checklists, or other guidance around performing this self-assessment? I just watched 
> Mia Jordan's talk from the 2020 Virtual FSA training conference and while the talk was informative, she didn't 
> provide any resources or a timeline for the self-assessment process. I'm reaching out to the contact email in the 
> slides, but I'm wondering if I've missed something somewhere along the way.
>
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> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Community Group Listserv
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> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] student systems and NIST 800-171
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> Some slides from the 2020 student aid conference describing a
> compliance framework for glba + CUI The bullet points on the near-term
> plan on pg 18 include the 12/18/20 letter and self-assessments
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> On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 3:38 PM Alex Jalso <ACJalso () mail wvu edu> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> In a meeting with peer institutions it was said that at the Federal level there's been discussions that university 
> student information systems must treat resident data as CUI and have their systems be compliant with NIST 800-171 or 
> risk losing financial aid.  Has anyone heard something similar to this or received communications about it?
>
> Alex
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