CUI

RESOURCES

DoD CUI Awareness and Marking Brief

The DoD has cleared a briefing from November 2020 on CUI Awareness and Marking for public release. These slides provide good information about how CUI is identified and marked. Link | Download

Limited Dissemination Control (LDC) Markings: Quick Reference Guide

The DoD has released a list of the new Limited Dissemination Control (LDC) Markings and descriptions of what each marking means. Link | Download

NIST SP 800-172 “Enhanced Security Requirements for Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information: A Supplement to NIST Special Publication 800-171”

NIST 800-172 prescribes enhanced security requirements designed to further protect Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) from advanced persistent threats by protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of that information on nonfederal information systems associated with critical programs or high value assets.  This publication does not replace NIST SP 800-171, but creates additional security requirements that will need to be implemented for selected systems. Link | Download

DRAFT – NIST SP 800-172 (Formerly known as “171B”)

Enhanced security requirements for protecting Controlled Unclassified Information: A supplement NIST SP 800-171 (Final public draft)  Link |Download

Supplier Performance Risk System for NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment

The DoD has updated its Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) which will now store results from DoD NIST 800-171 Basic, Medium, and High assessments. The SPRS will be accessible by DoD components for the purpose of assessing contractor cybersecurity readiness levels. Link | Download

Update: NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Methodology Version 1.2.1

The DoD has released an update of its NIST SP 800-171 Assessment Methdology, introducing the ability for the DIBCAC to perform remote "virtual" assessments at the Medium and High Confidence level due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Basic assessments will still be self-reported by contractors, and the subtractive, weighted scoring system is still in place.  Link | Download

DoD Instruction 5200.48 Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) (March 6,2020)

This new DoD Instruction document establishes an official DoD CUI registry and associated DoD-wide policies, responsibilities, and procedures for CUI. Link | Download

NIST SP 800-171 Revision 2/Final, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations (February 21, 2020)

This is the final release of NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2, which supersedes the previous SP 800-171 Rev.1. Revision 2 includes minor editorial changes but does not change the basic or derived security requirements.  Link | Download

Updated DoD Instruction 8582.01 (December 9, 2019)

The newly updated DoD Instruction 8582.01 replaces the previous version issued June 6th, 2012. This instruction comes from the office of the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, to establish policies, assign responsibilities, and provide directions for managing security on all non-DoD systems that store or process any non-public DoD information, including CUI Link |Download

National Archives Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Registry – CUI Categories List

The CUI registry helps you understand what type of information is considered sensitive. There are many types and categories of CUI, and the registry provides descriptions as well as information and resources about marking and dissemination controls. Link