NIST SP 800-53 release 4

NIST SP 800-53 release 4
Name	Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations
Release year	2013
Availability	Free of charge
Website	NIST Special Publications

Security control families

NIST SP 800-53 classifies security controls at the top level into security control families. In the release 4 control families are:

• Access control
• Audit and accountability
• Awareness and training
• Configuration management
• Contingency planning
• Identification and authentication
• Incident response
• Maintenance
• Media protection
• Personnel security
• Physical and environmental protection
• Planning
• Program management
• Risk assessment
• Security assessment and authorization
• System and communications protection
• System and information integrity
• System and services acquisition

Security controls

See full list of security controls.