MARS-E
What is MARS-E?
Minimum Acceptable Risk Standards for Exchanges (Healthcare marketplace). It comprises 8 controls organised across 8 domains, and applies in the United States.
How MARS-E maps to other frameworks
All 8 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 8 domains MARS-E groups its controls into
Where MARS-E overlaps with the standards you already hold
What MARS-E means in your sector
What MARS-E means for your job
Questions people ask about MARS-E
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Query MARS-E programmatically
MARS-E, its 8 controls and every mapping into other standards are available over a REST endpoint and an MCP server, so an agent can read them directly. The free tier is 10 calls a day and needs no signup.
MARS-E API reference and MCP config →What MARS-E requires, control by control
Each page carries the requirement text for one MARS-E control and what an assessor expects to see as evidence.
- MARS-E-ACCESS-CONTROL-IDENTITY-AUTHENTICATION-NIST-800-63-IDENTITY-ASSURANCE-LEVELS-MFA-AC-IA-FAMILIES MARS-E Access Control + Identity + Authentication + NIST 800-63 + MFA + AC + IA Families
- MARS-E-AUDIT-ACCOUNTABILITY-CONTINUOUS-MONITORING-AU-FAMILY-CM-FAMILY-SIEM-LOG-RETENTION-IRS-PUB-1075 MARS-E Audit + Accountability + Continuous Monitoring + AU + CM Families + SIEM + IRS Pub 1075
- MARS-E-CONTINGENCY-MEDIA-PROTECTION-SYSTEM-INTEGRITY-CP-MP-SI-FAMILIES-DR-COOP-ENCRYPTION-SANITIZATION MARS-E Contingency + Media Protection + System Integrity + CP + MP + SI Families + DR + COOP
- MARS-E-CROSS-PROGRAM-COORDINATION-IRS-PUB-1075-FEDRAMP-CMS-ARS-HHS-OIG-JOINT-AUDIT-3PAO MARS-E Cross-Program + IRS Pub 1075 + FedRAMP + CMS ARS + HHS OIG + Joint Audit + 3PAO
- MARS-E-INCIDENT-RESPONSE-BREACH-NOTIFICATION-IR-FAMILY-45-CFR-164-400-414-IRS-PUB-1075-NOTIFICATION-CMS-IRT MARS-E Incident Response + Breach Notification + IR Family + 45 CFR 164.400-414 + IRS Pub 1075 + CMS IRT
- MARS-E-NIST-800-53-MODERATE-BASELINE-CATALOG-V2-0-VOLUME-III-TAILORING-RISK-ASSESSMENT-CATEGORIZATION MARS-E NIST 800-53 Moderate Baseline + MARS-E Catalog Volume III + Tailoring + Risk Assessment + Categorization
- MARS-E-PRIVACY-PII-PHI-MINIMUM-NECESSARY-HIPAA-PRIVACY-RULE-NIST-800-122-45-CFR-164-SUBPART-E MARS-E Privacy + PII + PHI + Minimum Necessary + HIPAA Privacy Rule + NIST 800-122 + 45 CFR 164 Subpart E
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