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Draft SP 800-53 Controls on Secure and Reliable Patches Available for Comment
NIST's draft updates to SP 800-53 providing additional guidance on how to securely and reliably deploy patches and updates in response to Executive Order 14306
NIST has issued draft updates to Special Publication (SP) 800-53 to provide additional guidance on how to securely and reliably deploy patches and updates in response to the Executive Order 14306, Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144. A two-week expedited public comment period on the draft updates is open through August 5, 2025.
The NIST SP 800-53 Public Comment Site provides an online tool for quickly reviewing the proposed updates, providing real-time comments, and viewing the unattributed comments of other users. Suggestions for new controls and edits to existing controls can also be submitted at any time.
Comments received in response to this request will be posted on the NIST SP 800-53 Public Comment Site after comments are reviewed by NIST. Submitter’s names and contact information will not be posted, and the comments submitted on the controls will be posted in their entirety.
Following the completion of the comment period, NIST will review and adjudicate comments. NIST SP 800-53 Release 5.2.0 will be issued on or before September 2, 2025, as an online dataset on the Cybersecurity and Privacy Reference Tool.
Questions on the NIST SP 800-53 Public Comment Site and draft SP 800-53 controls can be directed to 800-53comments [at] list.nist.gov (800-53comments[at]list[dot]nist[dot]gov).