# SC-51 — Hardware-based Protection

- **Control ID:** SC-51
- **Family:** [SC](/md/families/SC.md)
- **Baselines:** No content available.
- **Enhancement of:** No content available.

## Description

Employ hardware-based, write-protect for \[assignment\] ; and Implement specific procedures for \[assignment\] to manually disable hardware write-protect for firmware modifications and re-enable the write-protect prior to returning to operational mode.

## Discussion

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## Implementation guidance

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## CSF 2.0 subcategories

- [PR.PS-03](/md/csf/PR.PS-03.md) — PR.PS-03

## Related controls

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