NIST SP 800-161
What is NIST SP 800-161?
Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management Practices. It comprises 34 controls organised across 11 domains, published by NIST, and applies in the United States.
How NIST SP 800-161 maps to other frameworks
All 34 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 11 domains NIST SP 800-161 groups its controls into
Frameworks that share controls with NIST SP 800-161
Each of these has at least one control mapped to a control in NIST SP 800-161. The number is how many NIST SP 800-161 controls are shared, counted from the mapping graph.
Implementation guides for frameworks that overlap NIST SP 800-161
Where NIST SP 800-161 overlaps with the standards you already hold
Where to get trained on NIST SP 800-161
4 courses in the catalogue cover NIST SP 800-161 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 34 NIST SP 800-161 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 800-161 evidence request listWhat NIST SP 800-161 means in your sector
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Questions people ask about NIST SP 800-161
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How do I get started with NIST SP 800-161 compliance?
Query NIST SP 800-161 programmatically
NIST SP 800-161, its 34 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 800-161 API reference and MCP config →What NIST SP 800-161 requires, control by control
Each page carries the requirement text for one NIST SP 800-161 control and what an assessor expects to see as evidence.
- 161-ASSESS Risk Process: Assess
- 161-CONTROLS-AC ICT SCRM Control Family: Access Control
- 161-CONTROLS-SA ICT SCRM Control Family: System and Services Acquisition
- 161-CONTROLS-SR ICT SCRM Control Family: Supply Chain Risk Management
- 161-CRITICALITY Criticality Analysis
- 161-FOUND-PRACTICES Foundational ICT SCRM Practices
- 161-FRAME Risk Process: Frame
- 161-INCIDENT Supply Chain Incident Management
- 161-MONITOR Risk Process: Monitor
- 161-PROVENANCE Provenance and Traceability
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