NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 MODERATE vs NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0
What is the difference between NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 MODERATE and NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0?
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 MODERATE is a information security framework applying in the United States, with 275 controls across 20 domains. NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 is a information security framework applying in the United States, with 106 controls across 12 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 Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 into NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5
31.3%94 of 300 NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 controls carry evidence from NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, leaving 206 to satisfy separately.
527 candidate mappings were examined and 314 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 Cybersecurity Framework 2.0
67.9%72 of 106 NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 controls carry evidence from NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, leaving 34 to satisfy separately.
462 candidate mappings were examined and 330 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 800-53 Rev 5 MODERATE and NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0
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