Framework · NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 – Security and privacy controls
Your customer requires controls under NIST SP 800-53? Complass guides you from categorisation through the baseline to assessment and POA&M, with evidence from ISO 27001, NIS2 or NIST CSF.
NIST Special Publication 800-53 is the catalogue of security and privacy controls of the US National Institute of Standards and Technology. Revision 5 contains 20 families with 300 controls and 714 enhancements (release 5.2.0). The SP 800-53B baselines preselect controls by the protection needs of the system: Low, Moderate and High, plus the privacy baseline. The catalogue is mandatory for US federal agencies and usually reaches companies through contracts and programmes. There is no certificate.
Complass is not affiliated with NIST. The English wording of the controls is taken from NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 and SP 800-53B, freely usable works of the US federal government.
Content as of:
SP 800-53 concerns companies that operate or develop systems for US agencies, offer cloud services to the US public sector or whose international customers and parent groups measure their security against the NIST catalogue.
Many controls overlap with ISO 27001, NIS2 and the NIST CSF. What you have already evidenced there you reuse through the shared controls.
This overview does not replace legal advice. The legal or normative text is authoritative; in Complass you check applicability with guidance based on the references.
There are no statutory deadlines for companies; your contract or customer sets the timetable. Plan, tailoring and POA&M are living documents that you update whenever the system changes and after every assessment.
Categorise the system, select and tailor the baseline, implement controls, assess and plan gaps, authorise and monitor continuously.
20 families with official identifiers, each enhancement below its control, the NIST wording alongside in the original, titles and hints in our own words.
Low, Moderate, High and Privacy from SP 800-53B on every catalogue page, with exactly the entries of each baseline.
System Security and Privacy Plan, baseline selection and tailoring with parameters, Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M).
Catalogue: 20 family catalogues with 300 controls and 714 enhancements
If your customers require NIST SP 800-53, this selection covers the requirements in Complass.
minimum selection NIST SP 800-53
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You can also meet the requirements without Complass. Complass supports implementation and evidence and does not replace legal advice. Legal information
No. What is assessed is the implementation of the controls for a specific system; the responsible body decides on its operation. Complass prepares the assessment; no certificate results.
It follows from the categorisation of your system by potential impact (Low, Moderate, High) or from your contract. The privacy baseline applies in addition when the system processes personal data.
No. Through the shared controls, Complass suggests adopting assessments and evidence. You check each suggestion on its merits before confirming it.
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