NIST 800-53 template · NIST SP 800-53 control families
Audit & Accountability Policy (AU Family)
Defines audit logging, monitoring, and accountability requirements aligned with NIST SP 800-53 AU control family. Written for your company, citing the controls below.
- Sections
- 8
- Controls cited
- 9
- Formats
- PDF, Word
- Shelf
- 10 NIST 800-53documents in all
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NIST 800-538 sections
Audit & Accountability Policy (AU Family)Defines audit logging, monitoring, and accountability requirements aligned with NIST SP 800-53 AU control family.
- Cites
- AU-1, SOC 2 CC7.1, SOC 2 CC7.2 and 6 more
- Formats
- PDF and Word
NIST 800-53 shelf
Sections
Each written around your company: your tools, your roles, your review dates.
- Purpose and Scope
- Auditable Events
- Audit Record Content
- Audit Storage and Retention
- Audit Review and Analysis
- Audit Reporting
- Time Synchronization
- Non-Repudiation
Controls it cites
The NIST 800-53 controls first, then the matching controls in other frameworks.
- AU-1Audit and AccountabilityNIST 800-53
- SOC 2 CC7.1System Operations: Detection MechanismsSOC 2
- SOC 2 CC7.2System Operations: MonitoringSOC 2
- SOC 2 CC4.1COSO Principle 16: Monitoring ActivitiesSOC 2
- ISO A.8.15LoggingISO 27001
- HIPAA §164.312(b)Audit ControlsHIPAA
- PCI DSS Req. 10Log & MonitorPCI DSS
- CSF DE.CM-1Network MonitoringNIST CSF
- NIS2 Art. 21.2eNetwork SecurityNIS2
- NIST 800-537 sections
Security Assessment & Authorization Policy (CA Family)
CitesCA-1 SOC 2 CC4.1 SOC 2 CC4.2 +5 +6PDF · WordCites CA-1, Security Assessment (NIST 800-53); SOC 2 CC4.1, COSO Principle 16: Monitoring Activities (SOC 2); SOC 2 CC4.2, COSO Principle 17: Deficiency Communication (SOC 2), and 5 more. - NIST 800-538 sections
Configuration Management Policy (CM Family)
CitesCM-1 SOC 2 CC8.1 SOC 2 CC3.4 +4 +5PDF · WordCites CM-1, Configuration Management (NIST 800-53); SOC 2 CC8.1, Change Management (SOC 2); SOC 2 CC3.4, COSO Principle 9: Change Impact (SOC 2), and 4 more. - NIST 800-537 sections
Contingency Planning Policy (CP Family)
CitesCP-1 SOC 2 A1.1 SOC 2 A1.2 +6 +7PDF · WordCites CP-1, Contingency Planning (NIST 800-53); SOC 2 A1.1, Availability: Capacity Planning (SOC 2); SOC 2 A1.2, Availability: Recovery (SOC 2), and 6 more. - NIST 800-537 sections
Identification & Authentication Policy (IA Family)
CitesIA-1 SOC 2 CC6.1 SOC 2 CC6.2 +5 +6PDF · WordCites IA-1, Identification and Authentication (NIST 800-53); SOC 2 CC6.1, Logical & Physical Access: Security Software (SOC 2); SOC 2 CC6.2, Logical & Physical Access: Credentials (SOC 2), and 5 more. - NIST 800-538 sections
Incident Response Policy (IR Family)
CitesIR-1 SOC 2 CC7.3 SOC 2 CC7.4 +7 +8PDF · WordCites IR-1, Incident Response (NIST 800-53); SOC 2 CC7.3, System Operations: Incident Response (SOC 2); SOC 2 CC7.4, System Operations: Incident Handling (SOC 2), and 7 more. - NIST 800-537 sections
System & Communications Protection Policy (SC Family)
CitesSC-1 SOC 2 CC6.6 SOC 2 CC6.7 +9 +10PDF · WordCites SC-1, System and Communications (NIST 800-53); SOC 2 CC6.6, Logical & Physical Access: External Threats (SOC 2); SOC 2 CC6.7, Logical & Physical Access: Transmission Security (SOC 2), and 9 more.
NIST 800-53 on its own
- Documents
- 10
- Plan
- Growth
- Price
- $199 a month or $1,990 a year
Growth also covers HIPAA, so NIST 800-53 + HIPAA stays at $199 a month. Two frameworks besides HIPAA need Scale.
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