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AC-04(24) Internal Normalized Format

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.1.1+u4
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unchanged AC part of AC-4

Title

Internal Normalized Format

Control

When transferring information between different security domains, parse incoming data into an internal normalized format and regenerate the data to be consistent with its intended specification.

Discussion

Converting data into normalized forms is one of most of effective mechanisms to stop malicious attacks and large classes of data exfiltration.

STIG rules that implement this control 0

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