Security requirement
Provide feedback on organizational training results to the following personnel [Organization-defined: personnel].
Discussion
Training feedback includes literacy and role-based training results, which can indicate a potentially serious problem, especially the failures of personnel in critical roles. Managers should be made aware of such situations so that they can respond accordingly. Training feedback supports the evaluation and update of organizational training content and methodology. This requirement does not enhance a specific requirement in SP 800-171 but can be used to strengthen the protection of CUI associated with critical programs or high value assets.
Tailoring decisions required
Resolve these values through the governing organization’s approved tailoring and risk-management process before declaring the requirement implemented.
Protection strategies supported
These classifications are carried from the official SP 800-172 OSCAL record and help explain the enhanced requirement’s defensive purpose.
Implementation perspective
Treat Literacy and Awareness Training Feedback as an enhanced CUI protection outcome for elevated threat conditions that must be reflected in the system boundary, documented implementation, operational behavior, and assessment evidence. Pay particular attention to role-based CUI handling knowledge, awareness, and evidence that personnel understand their responsibilities.
- Confirm the federal agency selected this enhanced requirement for the critical program or high-value asset and identify the CUI system components, services, users, and external connections in scope.
- Resolve every organization-defined parameter through an approved governance and tailoring process.
- Map each clause of the requirement to an accountable owner, implementation mechanism, and evidence source.
- Verify that inherited and shared implementations are supported by current provider evidence and responsibility boundaries.
- Collect evidence during normal operation and review changes, exceptions, and deficiencies on a risk-based cadence.
Questions to ask
- Which critical-program or high-value-asset CUI, data flows, users, and services are protected by this enhanced requirement?
- Which portions are implemented locally, inherited, shared, or not applicable, and what evidence supports that determination?
- Do the system security plan, deployed configuration, operating process, and assessment evidence tell the same story?
- What change, incident, or threshold should trigger reassessment?
Evidence and validation
- training plans and role assignments
- completion and attendance records
- exercise or simulation results
- content review and approval records
Common failure patterns
- generic annual training with no CUI context
- completion treated as proof of competence
- contractors or privileged users omitted
- training not updated after incidents or policy changes
Assessment objectives and methods
Assessment objectives (1)
feedback on organizational training results is provided to [Organization-defined: personnel].
Examine
- Security awareness training policy
- procedures addressing security literacy and awareness training records
- security literacy and awareness training records
- security plan
- other relevant documents or records
Interview
- Personnel with security and awareness training record retention responsibilities
Test
- Mechanisms supporting the management of security literacy and awareness training records
Source NIST SP 800-53 controls
These controls are referenced by the official SP 800-172 Rev. 3 OSCAL record. Open the corresponding control pages for complete control text, enhancements, D3FEND mappings, and related learning.
Authoritative sources
- NIST SP 800-172 Revision 3 official publication ↗
- NIST SP 800-172A Revision 3 official publication ↗
- NIST OSCAL Content release used for this import ↗
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