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CP-08(02) Single Points of Failure

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
All changes in this version
unchanged CP Moderate baselineHigh baseline part of CP-8

Title

Single Points of Failure

Control

Obtain alternate telecommunications services to reduce the likelihood of sharing a single point of failure with primary telecommunications services.

Discussion

In certain circumstances, telecommunications service providers or services may share the same physical lines, which increases the vulnerability of a single failure point. It is important to have provider transparency for the actual physical transmission capability for telecommunication services.

Assessment objective

CP-08(02) alternate telecommunications services to reduce the likelihood of sharing a single point of failure with primary telecommunications services are obtained.

STIG rules that implement this control 0

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