IEEE 1686
What is IEEE 1686?
IEEE Standard for IED Cyber Security Capabilities for substations. It comprises 7 controls organised across 7 domains, published by IEEE, and applies in International.
How IEEE 1686 maps to other frameworks
All 7 controls, each one mapped to the equivalent requirement in other standards, with the evidence that carries across and the mappings that were judged and rejected shown alongside. No account needed to look.
See the control mappings →The 7 domains IEEE 1686 groups its controls into
Frameworks that share controls with IEEE 1686
Each of these has at least one control mapped to a control in IEEE 1686. The number is how many IEEE 1686 controls are shared, counted from the mapping graph.
IEC 62443
6 shared controlsAPI 1164
6 shared controlsOWASP DevSecOps Maturity Model (DSOMM)
5 shared controlsNIST SP 800-171A Rev 3 - Assessing CUI Security Requirements
5 shared controlsFFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT)
5 shared controlsIAEA Nuclear Security Series - Computer Security at Nuclear Facilities (NSS-17-T Rev 1)
5 shared controlsOWASP ASVS
5 shared controlsMITRE D3FEND
5 shared controlsWhere IEEE 1686 overlaps with the standards you already hold
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