diff --git a/features/fedramp_extensions.feature b/features/fedramp_extensions.feature
index f593d98d1..edcfa7d10 100644
--- a/features/fedramp_extensions.feature
+++ b/features/fedramp_extensions.feature
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ Examples:
   | import-profile-has-href-attribute-PASS.yaml |
   | import-profile-has-valid-content-FAIL.yaml |
   | import-profile-has-valid-content-PASS.yaml |
+  | information-type-has-availability-impact-FAIL.yaml |
+  | information-type-has-availability-impact-PASS.yaml |
+  | information-type-has-confidentiality-impact-FAIL.yaml |
+  | information-type-has-confidentiality-impact-PASS.yaml |
+  | information-type-has-integrity-impact-FAIL.yaml |
+  | information-type-has-integrity-impact-PASS.yaml |
   | information-type-id-FAIL.yaml |
   | information-type-id-PASS.yaml |
   | information-type-system-FAIL.yaml |
@@ -218,6 +224,9 @@ Examples:
   | import-profile-has-href-attribute |
   | import-profile-has-valid-content |
   | information-type-800-60-v2r1 |
+  | information-type-has-availability-impact |
+  | information-type-has-confidentiality-impact |
+  | information-type-has-integrity-impact |
   | information-type-system |
   | interconnection-direction |
   | interconnection-security |
diff --git a/src/validations/constraints/content/ssp-has-network-architecture-INVALID.xml b/src/validations/constraints/content/ssp-has-network-architecture-INVALID.xml
index 25cbe3dbe..f6d9f9996 100644
--- a/src/validations/constraints/content/ssp-has-network-architecture-INVALID.xml
+++ b/src/validations/constraints/content/ssp-has-network-architecture-INVALID.xml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
                       uuid="12345678-1234-4321-8765-123456789012">
   <system-characteristics>
   </system-characteristics>
-</system-security-plan>
+</system-security-plan>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/validations/constraints/content/ssp-information-type-has-availability-impact-INVALID.xml b/src/validations/constraints/content/ssp-information-type-has-availability-impact-INVALID.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4763f1b47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/validations/constraints/content/ssp-information-type-has-availability-impact-INVALID.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<system-security-plan xmlns="http://csrc.nist.gov/ns/oscal/1.0"
+                      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+                      xsi:schemaLocation="http://csrc.nist.gov/ns/oscal/1.0 https://github.com/usnistgov/OSCAL/releases/download/v1.1.2/oscal_ssp_schema.xsd"
+                      uuid="12345678-1234-4321-8765-123456789012">
+  <system-characteristics>
+    <system-information>
+      <information-type  uuid="33333333-0000-4000-9000-000000000003">
+      </information-type>
+    </system-information>
+  </system-characteristics>
+</system-security-plan>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/validations/constraints/content/ssp-information-type-has-confidentiality-impact-INVALID.xml b/src/validations/constraints/content/ssp-information-type-has-confidentiality-impact-INVALID.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4763f1b47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/validations/constraints/content/ssp-information-type-has-confidentiality-impact-INVALID.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<system-security-plan xmlns="http://csrc.nist.gov/ns/oscal/1.0"
+                      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+                      xsi:schemaLocation="http://csrc.nist.gov/ns/oscal/1.0 https://github.com/usnistgov/OSCAL/releases/download/v1.1.2/oscal_ssp_schema.xsd"
+                      uuid="12345678-1234-4321-8765-123456789012">
+  <system-characteristics>
+    <system-information>
+      <information-type  uuid="33333333-0000-4000-9000-000000000003">
+      </information-type>
+    </system-information>
+  </system-characteristics>
+</system-security-plan>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/validations/constraints/content/ssp-information-type-has-integrity-impact-INVALID.xml b/src/validations/constraints/content/ssp-information-type-has-integrity-impact-INVALID.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4763f1b47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/validations/constraints/content/ssp-information-type-has-integrity-impact-INVALID.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<system-security-plan xmlns="http://csrc.nist.gov/ns/oscal/1.0"
+                      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+                      xsi:schemaLocation="http://csrc.nist.gov/ns/oscal/1.0 https://github.com/usnistgov/OSCAL/releases/download/v1.1.2/oscal_ssp_schema.xsd"
+                      uuid="12345678-1234-4321-8765-123456789012">
+  <system-characteristics>
+    <system-information>
+      <information-type  uuid="33333333-0000-4000-9000-000000000003">
+      </information-type>
+    </system-information>
+  </system-characteristics>
+</system-security-plan>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/validations/constraints/fedramp-external-constraints.xml b/src/validations/constraints/fedramp-external-constraints.xml
index 7a2288d53..40a444b02 100644
--- a/src/validations/constraints/fedramp-external-constraints.xml
+++ b/src/validations/constraints/fedramp-external-constraints.xml
@@ -174,6 +174,18 @@
                 <prop namespace="https://docs.oasis-open.org/sarif/sarif/v2.1.0" name="help-url" value="https://automate.fedramp.gov/documentation/ssp/3-working-with-oscal-files/#importing-the-fedramp-baseline"/>
                 <message>A FedRAMP SSP MUST import a profile or catalog of security controls to reference implemented requirements against those control(s).</message>
             </expect>
+            <expect id="information-type-has-confidentiality-impact" target="system-characteristics/system-information/information-type" test="confidentiality-impact" level="ERROR">
+                <prop namespace="https://docs.oasis-open.org/sarif/sarif/v2.1.0" name="help-url" value="https://automate.fedramp.gov/documentation/ssp/4-ssp-template-to-oscal-mapping/#system-information-and-information-types"/>
+                <message>A FedRAMP SSP information type MUST have a confidentiality impact.</message>
+            </expect>
+            <expect id="information-type-has-integrity-impact" target="system-characteristics/system-information/information-type" test="integrity-impact" level="ERROR">
+                <prop namespace="https://docs.oasis-open.org/sarif/sarif/v2.1.0" name="help-url" value="https://automate.fedramp.gov/documentation/ssp/4-ssp-template-to-oscal-mapping/#system-information-and-information-types"/>
+                <message>A FedRAMP SSP information type MUST have an integrity impact.</message>
+            </expect>
+            <expect id="information-type-has-availability-impact" target="system-characteristics/system-information/information-type" test="availability-impact" level="ERROR">
+                <prop namespace="https://docs.oasis-open.org/sarif/sarif/v2.1.0" name="help-url" value="https://automate.fedramp.gov/documentation/ssp/4-ssp-template-to-oscal-mapping/#system-information-and-information-types"/>
+                <message>A FedRAMP SSP information type MUST have an availability impact.</message>
+            </expect>
         </constraints>
     </context>
     <context>
diff --git a/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/information-type-has-availability-impact-FAIL.yaml b/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/information-type-has-availability-impact-FAIL.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5cc345d3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/information-type-has-availability-impact-FAIL.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+test-case:
+  name: Negative Test for information-type-has-availability-impact
+  description: Test that an SSP system-characteristics system-information information-type element does not have an availability-impact element.
+  content: ../content/ssp-information-type-has-availability-impact-INVALID.xml
+  expectations:
+    - constraint-id: information-type-has-availability-impact
+      result: fail
diff --git a/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/information-type-has-availability-impact-PASS.yaml b/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/information-type-has-availability-impact-PASS.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4dc13de60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/information-type-has-availability-impact-PASS.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+test-case:
+  name: Positive Test for information-type-has-availability-impact
+  description: Test that an SSP system-characteristics system-information information-type element has an availability-impact element.
+  content: ../content/ssp-all-VALID.xml
+  expectations:
+    - constraint-id: information-type-has-availability-impact
+      result: pass
diff --git a/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/information-type-has-confidentiality-impact-FAIL.yaml b/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/information-type-has-confidentiality-impact-FAIL.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd213b903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/information-type-has-confidentiality-impact-FAIL.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+test-case:
+  name: Negative Test for information-type-has-confidentiality-impact
+  description: Test that an SSP system-characteristics system-information information-type element does not have a confidentiality-impact element.
+  content: ../content/ssp-information-type-has-confidentiality-impact-INVALID.xml
+  expectations:
+    - constraint-id: information-type-has-confidentiality-impact
+      result: fail
diff --git a/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/information-type-has-confidentiality-impact-PASS.yaml b/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/information-type-has-confidentiality-impact-PASS.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb8c01682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/information-type-has-confidentiality-impact-PASS.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+test-case:
+  name: Positive Test for information-type-has-confidentiality-impact
+  description: Test that an SSP system-characteristics system-information information-type element has a confidentiality-impact element.
+  content: ../content/ssp-all-VALID.xml
+  expectations:
+    - constraint-id: information-type-has-confidentiality-impact
+      result: pass
diff --git a/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/information-type-has-integrity-impact-FAIL.yaml b/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/information-type-has-integrity-impact-FAIL.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a36274bf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/information-type-has-integrity-impact-FAIL.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+test-case:
+  name: Negative Test for information-type-has-integrity-impact
+  description: Test that an SSP system-characteristics system-information information-type element does not have an integrity-impact element.
+  content: ../content/ssp-information-type-has-integrity-impact-INVALID.xml
+  expectations:
+    - constraint-id: information-type-has-integrity-impact
+      result: fail
diff --git a/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/information-type-has-integrity-impact-PASS.yaml b/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/information-type-has-integrity-impact-PASS.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0700052f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/information-type-has-integrity-impact-PASS.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+test-case:
+  name: Positive Test for information-type-has-integrity-impact
+  description: Test that an SSP system-characteristics system-information information-type element has an integrity-impact element.
+  content: ../content/ssp-all-VALID.xml
+  expectations:
+    - constraint-id: information-type-has-integrity-impact
+      result: pass