NIST SP 800-181
What is NIST SP 800-181?
NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework - defines categories, specialty areas, and work roles for the cybersecurity workforce. It comprises 38 controls organised across 11 domains, published by NIST, and applies in the United States.
How NIST SP 800-181 maps to other frameworks
All 38 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 800-181 groups its controls into
Where NIST SP 800-181 overlaps with the standards you already hold
Where to get trained on NIST SP 800-181
One course in the catalogue covers NIST SP 800-181 directly. Each is self-paced, includes the downloadable toolkit and the implementation playbook, and carries a certificate of completion.
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What NIST SP 800-181 means for your job
Questions people ask about NIST SP 800-181
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Query NIST SP 800-181 programmatically
NIST SP 800-181, its 38 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 800-181 API reference and MCP config →What NIST SP 800-181 requires, control by control
Each page carries the requirement text for one NIST SP 800-181 control and what an assessor expects to see as evidence.
- DD-WRL-003 Secure Software Development
- OG-WRL-002 Cybersecurity Policy and Planning
- OG-WRL-003 Cybersecurity Workforce Management
- OG-WRL-004 Cybersecurity Curriculum Development
- OG-WRL-005 Cybersecurity Instruction
- OG-WRL-007 Executive Cybersecurity Leadership
- OG-WRL-008 Privacy Compliance
- OG-WRL-013 Systems Authorization
- OG-WRL-014 Systems Security Management
- PD-WRL-002 Digital Forensics
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