NIST 800-53

A catalog of security and privacy controls published by NIST for federal information systems, widely used as a compliance baseline for government and enterprise environments.

NIST Special Publication 800-53 provides a catalog of security and privacy controls for federal information systems and organizations. The controls in NIST 800-53 are organized into 20 control families covering areas such as access control, incident response, configuration management, and supply chain risk management. NIST 800-53 serves as the baseline for the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and is referenced by other frameworks including FedRAMP, CMMC, and StateRAMP. Organizations outside the federal government also adopt NIST 800-53 as a comprehensive security baseline. CyberUp24's architecture and engineering services are designed with NIST 800-53 alignment built in from the ground up.

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