Scoping Considerations

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A part of tailoring guidance providing organizations with specific considerations on the applicability and implementation of security controls in the security control baseline. Areas of consideration include policy/regulatory, technology, physical infrastructure, system component allocation, operational/environmental, public access, scalability, common control, and security objective. Source: NIST SP 800-53 Rev 4

Also known asscope considerations · security control scoping · scoping factors · control scoping considerations
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A part of tailoring guidance providing organizations with specific considerations on the applicability and implementation of security controls in the security control baseline. Areas of consideration include policy/regulatory, technology, physical infrastructure, system component allocation, operational/environmental, public access, scalability, common control, and security objective. Source: NIST SP 800-53 Rev 4

Committee on National Security Systems Glossary CNSSI 4009-2015 · 2024

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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Scoping Considerations. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 20, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/scoping-considerations

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Committee on National Security Systems Glossary CNSSI 4009-2015
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