NIST SP 800-61
What is NIST SP 800-61?
Computer Security Incident Handling Guide. It comprises 8 controls organised across 8 domains, published by NIST, and applies in the United States.
How NIST SP 800-61 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 800-61 groups its controls into
Frameworks that share controls with NIST SP 800-61
Each of these has at least one control mapped to a control in NIST SP 800-61. The number is how many NIST SP 800-61 controls are shared, counted from the mapping graph.
OWASP MASVS
5 shared controlsOWASP ASVS
5 shared controlsISO 19650 - Organisation and Digitisation of Information about Buildings and Civil Engineering Works (BIM)
5 shared controlsISO 27043
5 shared controlsNIST SP 800-124 Revision 2 - Guidelines for Managing the Security of Mobile Devices
5 shared controlsAWWA Cybersecurity Guidance for the Water Sector (American Water Works Association)
4 shared controlsISO 27017
4 shared controlsNIST SP 800-190
4 shared controlsWhere NIST SP 800-61 overlaps with the standards you already hold
Where to get trained on NIST SP 800-61
3 courses in the catalogue cover NIST SP 800-61 directly. Each is self-paced, includes the downloadable toolkit and the implementation playbook, and carries a certificate of completion.
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Query NIST SP 800-61 programmatically
NIST SP 800-61, 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.
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