{"id":2892,"date":"2022-10-13T13:03:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T17:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/?page_id=2892"},"modified":"2025-06-05T11:03:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:03:48","slug":"cui","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/compliance\/research-compliance\/export-controls\/cui\/","title":{"rendered":"Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-content-card migrated-html-box wp-block-ncst-html-box has-custombg-nine-background-color with-cta\">\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n        \n                    <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Quick Links<\/h3>\n        \n                    <div class=\"content-card__teaser\">\n                <ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1HWTavBwK6sxL_X-2tHeOvoeGWVFggRXR\/view\">CUI Marking Guide<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/compliance\/research-compliance\/export-controls\/cui\/secure-university-research-environment-sure\/\">Secure University Research Environment (SURE)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/intranet.research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/sure-request\/\">SURE Personnel Request Form<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/compliance\/research-compliance\/export-controls-training\/\">Required Training<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n        \n        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-intro-copy\">When an NC State project involves CUI, the Export Controls Office (ECO), in consultation with OIT, will work with the Principal Investigator(s) (PI) to ensure that all safeguarding requirements outlined here are addressed in the applicable <a href=\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/compliance\/research-compliance\/research-compliance-definitions\/#tcp\">Technology Control Plan (TCP)<\/a> before the project funds are released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-link-grid ncst-link-grid has-red-400-background-color\"><ul class=\"link-grid__link-list\"><li class=\"ncst-component__bold-link-container wp-block-ncst-bold-link\">\n      <a \n      href=\"#is\"\n      class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\"\n                >\n    <span class=\"text\">What is CUI<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n  \n\n<li class=\"ncst-component__bold-link-container wp-block-ncst-bold-link\">\n      <a \n      href=\"#not\"\n      class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\"\n                >\n    <span class=\"text\">What is not CUI<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n  \n\n<li class=\"ncst-component__bold-link-container wp-block-ncst-bold-link\">\n      <a \n      href=\"#marking\"\n      class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\"\n                >\n    <span class=\"text\">Marking of CUI<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n  \n\n<li class=\"ncst-component__bold-link-container wp-block-ncst-bold-link\">\n      <a \n      href=\"#categories\"\n      class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\"\n                >\n    <span class=\"text\">Frequently Used CUI Categories<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n  \n\n<li class=\"ncst-component__bold-link-container wp-block-ncst-bold-link\">\n      <a \n      href=\"#safe\"\n      class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\"\n                >\n    <span class=\"text\">Safeguarding of CUI<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n  \n\n<li class=\"ncst-component__bold-link-container wp-block-ncst-bold-link\">\n      <a \n      href=\"#physical\"\n      class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\"\n                >\n    <span class=\"text\">Physical Safeguarding of CUI<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n  \n\n<li class=\"ncst-component__bold-link-container wp-block-ncst-bold-link\">\n      <a \n      href=\"#electronic\"\n      class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\"\n                >\n    <span class=\"text\">Electronic Safeguarding of CUI<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n  <\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"is\">What is CUI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)<\/strong>: Controlled Unclassified information is defined in the Executive Order 13556 as information held by or generated for the federal government that requires safeguarding or dissemination controls pursuant to and consistent with applicable law, regulations and government-wide policies that isn\u2019t classified under Executive Order 13526 or the Atomic Energy Act, as amended. Federal CUI is divided into several categories and subcategories and is listed in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/cui\/registry\/category-list\" target=\"_blank\">CUI registry<\/a>, managed by National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). CUI, by definition, is federal information.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-labeled-section wp-block-ncst-featured-content ncst-featured-content is-card-style layout-two-column\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__background\">\n    <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__container\">\n               <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__header\">\n                      <h2 class=\"ncst-labeled-section__heading\">CUI categories are divided into 2 subsets:<\/h2>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__content\">\n        \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-featured-content\"><div class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-content-card with-cta\">\n  \n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\"><strong>CUI Basic<\/strong><\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\">CUI Basic is the subset of CUI for which the authorizing law, regulation or Government-wide policy does not set out specific handling or dissemination controls (32 CFR 2002)<\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-content-card with-cta\">\n  \n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\"><strong>CUI Specified<\/strong><\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\">CUI Specified is the subset of CUI for which the authorizing law, regulation or Government-wide policy contains specific handling controls that it requires or permits agencies to use that differ from those for CUI Basic.<\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong><a href=\"#\">Back to Top<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"not wp-block-heading\" id=\"not\">What is not CUI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Proprietary research that the federal government does not fund, even though it is subject to US export control regulations, is not CUI. Projects involving controlled information that is not CUI, may certainly be handled with the same safeguarding standards but should not be marked as CUI.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/compliance\/research-compliance\/research-compliance-definitions\/#Non-Contextualized\">Non-contextualized Controlled Research Data<\/a> \u2013 such data generated under a project with CUI safeguarding requirements is still controlled and should be handled in accordance with the relevant TCP, but it is not CUI. PIs and researchers should refer to the relevant TCP for safeguarding requirements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Information that is otherwise in the public domain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong><a href=\"#\">Back to Top<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"marking\">Marking of CUI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Documents and electronic files containing CUI must be marked in accordance with CUI Marking Handbook. If CUI Basic, it must include a banner of \u201cCONTROLLED\u201d or \u201cCUI.\u201d If CUI Specified, it must include the specific authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1HWTavBwK6sxL_X-2tHeOvoeGWVFggRXR\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quick Reference Guide for CUI Marking<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"is-text wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n    \n<div class=\"is-style-secondary wp-block-ncst-button\">\n      <a\n        class=\"ncst-block__button-link btn\"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/cui\/training.html#intro-to-marking\"\n        data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\"\n                      >\n                  <span class=\"text\">National Archives CUI Marking Training<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong><a href=\"#\">Back to Top<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"categories\">Frequently Used CUI Categories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The federal guidelines sort CUI into a long list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/cui\/registry\/category-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">categories and subcategories<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-23\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-23\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">CUI Category<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">CUI Subset (Basic or Specified)<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Marking Type<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Detailed Information<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Export Controlled<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Basic or Specified<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CUI\/\/SP-EXPT<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">CUI Category: Export Controlled (from the United States National Archives)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Export Controlled Research<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Basic<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CUI\/\/SP-EXPTR<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">CUI Category: Export Controlled Research (from the United States National Archives)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Health Information<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Basic or Specified<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CUI\/\/SP-HLTH<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">CUI Category:  Health Information (from the United States National Archives)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Controlled  Technical Information<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Specified<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">CUI\/SP-CTI<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">CUI Category: Controlled Technical Information (from the United States National Archives)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-23 from cache -->\n\n\n\n<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong><a href=\"#\">Back to Top<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"safe\">Safeguarding of CUI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The safeguarding standards discussed in this section are the minimum standards established for CUI Basic. These standards include marking, physical safeguarding, and electronic safeguarding. For CUI Specified, institutions must implement the specific requirements from the applicable law, regulation, or government-wide policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong><a href=\"#\">Back to Top<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"physical\">Physical Safeguarding of CUI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of physical safeguarding is to prevent unauthorized individuals from accessing, observing, or overhearing discussion of CUI. To meet the minimum standard, there must be at least one physical barrier protecting the CUI. That can be a locked door, drawer, or file cabinet, provided that only those individuals with a lawful government purpose can access the CUI. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"is-text wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n    \n<div class=\"is-style-secondary wp-block-ncst-button\">\n      <a\n        class=\"ncst-block__button-link btn\"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/cui\/training.html#controlled-environments\"\n        data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\"\n                      >\n                  <span class=\"text\">More about Controlled Environment<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong><a href=\"#\">Back to Top<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"electronic\">Electronic Safeguarding of CUI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The minimum standard for electronic safeguarding of CUI in Non-federal system, which is the designation that NC State computer systems will fall, in most cases, is the NIST <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/csrc.nist.gov\/publications\/detail\/sp\/800-171\/rev-2\/final\" target=\"_blank\">Special Publication 800-171, Safeguarding Controlled Unclassified Information is Non-Federal Systems<\/a>. In most cases, NC State projects involving CUI will involve the use of the <a href=\"https:\/\/oit.ncsu.edu\/campus-it\/oit-storage-resource-summary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Secure University Research Environment (SURE)<\/a>, which addresses the 110 controls outlined in the NIST SP 800-171 in a system security plan overseen by Research Computing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note: <\/strong>When a document is encrypted for safeguarding, the title of the document is not encrypted. Therefore, never include information that is CUI in the document title of an electronic document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Transmission of CUI must be done through a secure method. Each <a href=\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/compliance\/research-compliance\/research-compliance-definitions\/#tcp\">TCP<\/a> that includes CUI information will include direction related to secure transmission. For more guidance on what transmissions methods, please see the relevant TCP.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"is-text wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n    \n<div class=\"is-style-secondary wp-block-ncst-button\">\n      <a\n        class=\"ncst-block__button-link btn\"\n        href=\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/compliance\/research-compliance\/export-controls\/cui\/sure-request\/\"\n        data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\"\n                      >\n                  <span class=\"text\">Go to Sure Request Form<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n              <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Federal Requirements Apply?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>NC State&nbsp; is required to adhere to the following federal requirements when handling CUI\/CDI:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2016\/09\/14\/2016-21665\/controlled-unclassified-information\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 2002<\/a>, Controlled Unclassified Information Program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acq.osd.mil\/dpap\/dars\/dfars\/html\/current\/252204.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(DFARS) 252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/csrc.nist.gov\/publications\/detail\/sp\/800-171\/rev-2\/final\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NIST SP 800-171<\/a> Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acq.osd.mil\/dpap\/dars\/dfars\/html\/current\/252204.htm#252.204-7021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DFARS 252.204-7021<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dodcio.defense.gov\/CMMC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)<\/a> Requirements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong><a href=\"#\">Back to Top<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\"><div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/compliance\/research-compliance\/export-controls\/\" class=\"btn ncst-component__button-link is-style-secondary\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/compliance\/research-compliance\/export-controls\/\"><span class=\"ncst-component__button-container\"><span>Return to Export Controls Office Homepage <\/span><span class=\"nowrap\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"> <svg class=\"wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\"\/><\/svg> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When an NC State project involves CUI, the Export Controls Office (ECO), in consultation with OIT, will work with the Principal Investigator(s) (PI) to ensure that all safeguarding requirements outlined&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":3678,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"pageIntro\":\"\"}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2892","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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