NIST SP 800-122
What is NIST SP 800-122?
Guide to Protecting the Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information (PII). It comprises 8 controls organised across 8 domains, published by NIST, and applies in the United States.
How NIST SP 800-122 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 NIST SP 800-122 groups its controls into
Frameworks that share controls with NIST SP 800-122
Each of these has at least one control mapped to a control in NIST SP 800-122. The number is how many NIST SP 800-122 controls are shared, counted from the mapping graph.
Turkey KVKK
6 shared controlsPrivacy Act 1988 (Australia)
6 shared controlsPakistan Personal Data Protection Bill 2023
6 shared controlsBahrain PDPL
6 shared controlsNew Jersey Data Privacy Act
6 shared controlsBarbados Data Protection Act 2019
6 shared controlsGDPR
6 shared controlsSouth Korea PIPA
6 shared controlsImplementation guides for frameworks that overlap NIST SP 800-122
Where NIST SP 800-122 overlaps with the standards you already hold
Where to get trained on NIST SP 800-122
One course in the catalogue covers NIST SP 800-122 directly. Each is self-paced, includes the downloadable toolkit and the implementation playbook, and carries a certificate of completion.
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What an auditor will ask you for
All 8 NIST SP 800-122 controls, each with what it requires, the artefacts an auditor will ask you for, and where it commonly fails. Free to read, nothing to fill in.
Read the NIST SP 800-122 evidence request listWhat NIST SP 800-122 means in your sector
What NIST SP 800-122 means for your job
Questions people ask about NIST SP 800-122
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How do I get started with NIST SP 800-122 compliance?
Query NIST SP 800-122 programmatically
NIST SP 800-122, 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.
NIST SP 800-122 API reference and MCP config →What NIST SP 800-122 requires, control by control
Each page carries the requirement text for one NIST SP 800-122 control and what an assessor expects to see as evidence.
- 3 PII Data Subject Rights and Automated Decision-Making
- 4 PII Minimisation, Purpose Limitation, and Pseudonymisation
- 5 PII Security Controls - Encryption, Access Control, Storage, Audit
- 6 PII Breach Response and Incident Handling
- 7 PII Sharing, Cross-Border Transfers, and Third-Party Agreements
- 8 Continuous Monitoring, Training, and Privacy Programme Governance
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