NIST SP 800-53 - National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-53 Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800 series contains over 200 documents designed to help US government agencies and private organizations secure information systems and data. Among them, the 800-53 documents are a foundational suite covering parts of the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) focusing on security control selection based on requirements in the Federal Information Security Act (FISMA) and Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS.) 

The security rules for NIST SP 800-53 cover 20 areas including access control, incident response, business continuity, and disaster recovery.  

Built-in compliance capabilities

Red Hat products have built-in capabilities that help you to align with NIST SP 800-53requirements. By using integrations with the system management solutions available in our portfolio, you can align the configuration of the machine with the requirements. However, the result is not full compliance - you always need to review the results and take the context of your specific deployment into account.

Red Hat OpenShift

You can automate the inspection of numerous technical implementations and compare them against certain aspects of industry standards, benchmarks, and baselines.

• Compliance Operator

SP 800-53 Rev. 5, Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations | CSRC