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critical software component

MWEid 164283·updated Oct 22, 2026
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critical+software+component

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NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems
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e1074
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dorianc@moxywolf.com
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rs, or vendors when such components remain essential to organizational missions and business functions. If necessary, organizations can establish in-house support by developing customized patches for critical software components or obtain the services of external service providers who provide ongoing support for unsupported components through contractual relationships. Such contractual relationships can include open-source software value-added vendors. The increased risk of using unsupported system components can be mitigated by prohibiting the connection of such components to public or uncontthe sentence this term was read in

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