NIST 800-171 AWS Compliance Guide
NIST 800-171 — Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in non-federal systems. Pavora maps AWS security findings to NIST 800-171 controls for continuous compliance monitoring and audit-ready reporting.
Overview
Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in non-federal systems. Organizations using AWS must configure cloud services to meet NIST 800-171 requirements. Pavora automates this by running security checks against AWS resources and mapping findings to NIST 800-171 controls — reducing audit preparation from weeks to minutes.
NIST 800-171 AWS Compliance Checklist
- 1Encrypt CUI at rest with KMS and in transit with TLS 1.2+
- 2Implement multi-factor authentication for all privileged users
- 3Enable logging of all access to CUI with CloudTrail
- 4Configure network segmentation with VPC security groups
- 5Enable CloudTrail across all regions for audit trail
- 6Implement IAM least-privilege and review policies quarterly
- 7Encrypt all S3 buckets and RDS instances with KMS
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What is NIST 800-171 compliance?▼
Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in non-federal systems. It defines security, privacy, or operational controls that organizations must implement. Pavora maps its AWS security findings directly to NIST 800-171 controls for continuous compliance evidence.
How does Pavora help with NIST 800-171?▼
Pavora runs 500+ security checks across 204+ AWS services and maps each finding to NIST 800-171 controls. This provides continuous compliance monitoring instead of point-in-time audits.
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