NIST SP 800-172 vs NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5
What is the difference between NIST SP 800-172 and NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5?
NIST SP 800-172 is a information security framework applying in the United States, with 35 controls across 10 domains. NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 is a information security framework applying in the United States, with 192 controls across 24 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.
NIST SP 800-172 into NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5
10.7%32 of 300 NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 controls carry evidence from NIST SP 800-172, leaving 268 to satisfy separately.
82 candidate mappings were examined and 12 were rejected on review, signed off 2026-08-19.
Read the full crosswalk, including every rejected mapping →NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 into NIST SP 800-172
68.6%24 of 35 NIST SP 800-172 controls carry evidence from NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, leaving 11 to satisfy separately.
48 candidate mappings were examined and 5 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 NIST SP 800-172 and NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5
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