NIST-SP-800-53

US federal security controls catalog.

Definition

SP 800-53 defines 1000+ individual controls organised in 20 families: AC (Access Control), AT (Awareness Training), AU (Audit Accountability), CM (Config Management), CP (Contingency Planning), IA (Identification Authentication), IR (Incident Response), MP (Media Protection), SC (System Communications Protection), SI (System Integrity), etc.

Origin

NIST SP 800-53 v1 published 2005 ; Rev. 5 (most current) September 2020.

Example in context

A US federal agency deploys SAP in production with SP 800-53 Moderate baseline mapping (FedRAMP).

Related terms

• SP 800-171 — supplier subset.