Josef Kamara, CPA, CISSP, CISA · Updated May 2, 2026 · 1 minute read

NIST SP 800-53

NIST Special Publication 800-53, the catalog of security and privacy controls for federal information systems. SP 800-53 Rev. 5 contains over 1,000 controls across 20 families and serves as the baseline for FedRAMP and FISMA compliance.