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AC-19(05) Full Device or Container-based Encryption

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
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unchanged AC Moderate baselineHigh baseline part of AC-19

Title

Full Device or Container-based Encryption

Control

Employ [Selection: full-device encryption; container-based encryption] to protect the confidentiality and integrity of information on [Assignment: mobile devices].

Discussion

Container-based encryption provides a more fine-grained approach to data and information encryption on mobile devices, including encrypting selected data structures such as files, records, or fields.

Parameters

ac-19.05_odp.01: [full-device encryption; container-based encryption]
ac-19.05_odp.02: mobile devices

Related controls

sc-12, sc-13, sc-28

Assessment objective

AC-19(05) [Selection: full-device encryption; container-based encryption] is employed to protect the confidentiality and integrity of information on [Assignment: mobile devices].

STIG rules that implement this control 0

No followed STIG rule cites a CCI indexed to this control (CCI list 2026-07-14).