ISO 27002:2022 vs NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 MODERATE
What is the difference between ISO 27002:2022 and NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 MODERATE?
ISO 27002:2022 is a information security framework applying in International, with 94 controls across 7 domains. NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 MODERATE is a information security framework applying in the United States, with 275 controls across 20 domains. Both govern the same subject, so their requirements overlap; the mapping below shows which controls carry across and which are asked for by only one of them.
Measured coverage between these frameworks
We map controls between these two frameworks in a knowledge graph and have a person review every mapping before it is published. Below is what that review found. The figures are read live from the graph, not written by hand.
ISO 27002:2022 into NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5
36.7%110 of 300 NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 controls carry evidence from ISO 27002:2022, leaving 190 to satisfy separately.
489 candidate mappings were examined and 253 were rejected on review, signed off 2026-08-19.
Read the full crosswalk, including every rejected mapping →NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 into ISO 27002:2022
84.9%79 of 93 ISO 27002:2022 controls carry evidence from NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, leaving 14 to satisfy separately.
352 candidate mappings were examined and 180 were rejected on review, signed off 2026-08-19.
Read the full crosswalk, including every rejected mapping →Coverage is directional. Mapping A into B is a different measurement from B into A, because the two standards do not carry the same depth on the same subjects.
Questions people ask about ISO 27002:2022 and NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 MODERATE
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