Extra Credit

NIST SP 800-53

Official docs outline

6 sections
  1. Control catalog

    Rev 5 control catalog organized into 20 families such as AC, AU, IA, SC and SI.

  2. SP 800-53B baselines

    Low, moderate and high control baselines and tailoring guidance.

  3. SP 800-53A assessment procedures

    Examine, interview and test assessment methods and objects for each control.

  4. OSCAL

    Machine-readable OSCAL catalogs and profiles for 800-53 controls.

  5. Risk Management Framework

    Risk Management Framework steps (prepare through monitor) that use 800-53 controls.

  6. Online catalog

    Comprehensive Risk Tool for browsing and filtering control catalogs.

Each section links to the official page. Titles and summaries by Extra Credit; the docs belong to their authors.

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