NIST SP 800-53
What is NIST SP 800-53?
A comprehensive catalog of security and privacy controls for federal information systems published by NIST, widely adopted across public and private sectors.
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Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as nist sp 800-53. The number is how many controls name both.
- nist 41 shared controls
- audit 18 shared controls
- authentication 13 shared controls
- access control 13 shared controls
- fips 13 shared controls
- baseline 12 shared controls
- authorization 11 shared controls
- fedramp 10 shared controls
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Section 9.3 of IRS Publication 1075 establishes the technical and procedural security controls + by inheritance from NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations.
IRSPub1075-Section93-NIST800-53-Inheritance-IRSModerate-Plus-Baseline-FIPS199-HIGH-Confidentiality · IRS Publication 1075 Section 9.3 + NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 Inheritance + IRS Moderate-Plus Baseline (Not Just Moderate, Less Than High) + FIPS 199 Confidentiality HIGH for FTI + 18 Control Families + 200+ Controls →FedRAMP Rev 5 is operationalised against NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5 (published September 2020) which contains 1,189 controls + control enhancements across 20 families (AC + AT + AU + CA + CM + CP + IA + IR + MA + MP + PE + PL + PM + PS + PT + RA + SA + SC + SI...
FedRAMP-NIST-800-53-Rev5 · Coordination with NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 + FedRAMP High + FedRAMP Moderate frameworks →Integrate log management with broader NIST family per NIST SP 800-92 Chapter 6 (Establishing and Maintaining Log Management Infrastructures) + cross-references throughout.
NISTSP92-8 · Integration with NIST SP 800-53 AU Family, SP 800-137 ConMon, SP 800-61 IR, and Maturity →Maintain traceability from STIG requirements through Control Correlation Identifiers (CCIs) to the NIST SP 800-53 security controls they implement, so that STIG compliance evidences the corresponding 800-53 controls.
STIG-GOV-CCI · CCI and NIST SP 800-53 traceability →FTC Safeguards Rule crosswalk to comprehensive cybersecurity + privacy frameworks. NIST CSF 2.0 mapping: GOVERN (Qualified Individual + Board reporting + program governance) + IDENTIFY (314.4(b) risk assessment + 314.4(c)(2) data inventory) + PROTECT (314.4(c)...
FTC-Safeguards-Crosswalk-NIST-ISO-SOC · Crosswalk to NIST CSF 2.0, NIST SP 800-53, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 →Security Dimension 2 Authentication per X.805 Clause 6.2: Authentication ensures the validity of the claimed identities of the entities participating in communication (e.g.
X805-Dim2-Authentication-Identity-Verification-Claimed-Identities-Entities-Communication · ITU-T X.805 Security Dimension 2 - Authentication + Identity Verification + Claimed Identity + Entity Authentication + Data Origin Authentication + Mutual Authentication + Multi-Factor + Cryptographic Authentication →Questions people ask about nist sp 800-53
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