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Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems
Published
Author(s)
Ronald S. Ross, Stuart W. Katzke, L A. Johnson, Marianne M. Swanson
Abstract
[Superseded by NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 3 (August 2009): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=918663] This publication revises NIST SP 800-53 Revision 1 by adding specific guidance on the application of security controls to Industrial Control Systems (ICS). That ICS-specific guidance is contained in Appendix I, and addresses the following: Tailoring guidance; Security control enhancements; Supplements to the security control baselines; and Supplemental guidance. [Supersedes NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 1 (December 2006): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=50945]
Ross, R.
, Katzke, S.
, Johnson, L.
and Swanson, M.
(2007),
Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
(Accessed October 10, 2025)