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Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations [includes updates through 5/1/2010]

Published

Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross

Abstract

[Superseded by NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4 (April 2013): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=918664] The objective of NIST SP 800-53 is to provide a set of security controls that can satisfy the breadth and depth of security requirements levied on information systems and organizations and that is consistent with and complementary to other established information security standards. Revision 3 is the first major update since December 2005 and includes significant improvements to the security control catalog. [Supersedes NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 3 (August 2009, w/updates through 9/14/2009): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=918661]
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-53 Rev 3
Report Number
800-53 Rev 3

Keywords

common controls, FISMA, managing risk, risk management framework, security control assurance, security control baselines, security controls, security requirements

Citation

Ross, R. (2010), Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations [includes updates through 5/1/2010], Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (Accessed October 6, 2025)

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Created May 1, 2010, Updated February 19, 2017
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