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An agency asks whether FIPS 199 governs the categorisation of its classified holdings and its national security systems. What is the position?

  1. It applies to national security systems but not to classified information.
  2. It applies to both, with an additional designator for classified material.
  3. It applies to neither; both are governed by other authorities.
  4. It applies to classified information but not to national security systems.
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Answer: C. It applies to neither; both are governed by other authorities.

FIPS 199 applies to federal information other than classified material and to federal information systems other than national security systems, which fall under separate authority.

Source: NIST FIPS 199 (NIST) — FIPS 199 > 2. Applicability

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