NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3
03.04 CM (Configuration Management)

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 03.04.04: Impact Analyses

Analyze security impact of changes prior to implementation; test, validate, and document changes before deployment.

Maintained by Gerard BlokdykVerified against the published standard Control text last updated

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 30 controls across 16 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

NIST SP 800-218 · 3 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 3 controls

  • 6.2.3 6.2.3 Code review before release
  • 6.5.1 6.5.1 Change control procedure for production
  • 6.5.2 6.5.2 Confirm PCI DSS controls after significant change
  • SEC01-BP07 Identify threats and prioritize mitigations using a threat model
  • SEC11-BP02 Automate testing throughout the development and release lifecycle

C5 (Germany) · 2 controls

  • C5-DEV-05 Risk assessment, categorisation and prioritisation of changes
  • C5-DEV-06 Testing changes
  • CFTC-SS-32 Timely Advance Notice of Material Planned Changes
  • CFTC-SS-5 Systems Development and Quality Assurance Category

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • CM-3(2) Testing, Validation, and Documentation of Changes
  • CM-4 Impact Analyses

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • CM-3(2) Testing, Validation, and Documentation of Changes
  • CM-4 Impact Analyses

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance
  • 8.32 Change management

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance
  • 8.32 Change management

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-CC3.4 CC3.4 Identifying and assessing significant changes (COSO principle 9)
  • SOC2-CC8.1 CC8.1 Managing changes to procedures, software, data and infrastructure
  • DS-6 Enforce security of workload throughout DevOps lifecycle

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

  • NIST-CSF-ID.RA-07 Changes and exceptions are managed, assessed for risk impact, recorded, and tracked

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

Other controls in 03.04 CM (Configuration Management)

You are reading one control. How much of NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 have you already done?

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 03.04.04 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 your existing evidence covers. Hold PCI DSS 4.0 and 69 of 97 NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 controls already carry evidence.

Each report names every control your existing framework evidences, every one it does not, the reasoning behind each claim, and the claims that were argued against and rejected. 0 were rejected on the PCI DSS 4.0 pair alone.

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