NIST 800-53 template · NIST SP 800-53 control families
Security Assessment & Authorization Policy (CA Family)
Establishes requirements for security assessments, system authorization, and continuous monitoring, aligned with NIST SP 800-53 CA control family. Written for your company, citing the controls below.
- Sections
- 7
- Controls cited
- 8
- Formats
- PDF, Word
- Shelf
- 10 NIST 800-53documents in all
No card needed to start.
- Cites
- CA-1, SOC 2 CC4.1, SOC 2 CC4.2 and 5 more
- Formats
- PDF and Word
Sections
Each written around your company: your tools, your roles, your review dates.
- Purpose and Scope
- Security Assessment Procedures
- System Authorization (ATO)
- Plan of Action and Milestones
- Continuous Monitoring
- Penetration Testing
- System Interconnections
Controls it cites
The NIST 800-53 controls first, then the matching controls in other frameworks.
- CA-1Security AssessmentNIST 800-53
- SOC 2 CC4.1COSO Principle 16: Monitoring ActivitiesSOC 2
- SOC 2 CC4.2COSO Principle 17: Deficiency CommunicationSOC 2
- ISO A.5.36Compliance with Security PoliciesISO 27001
- HIPAA §164.308(a)(8)EvaluationHIPAA
- PCI DSS Req. 11Test SecurityPCI DSS
- CSF ID.RA-1Vulnerability IdentificationNIST CSF
- NIS2 Art. 21.2gSecurity AssessmentNIS2
Recent changes
Updates from official sources that name this policy. All policy updates
22 Oct 2026 · NIST OSCAL content (SP 800-53 releases)
NIST releases OSCAL Content 1.6.0 with SP 800-53 patchesUpdate security assessment procedures to reference the upgraded OSCAL artifacts version 1.2.3.
- 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 800-538 sections
Risk Assessment Policy (RA Family)
CitesRA-1 SOC 2 CC3.1 SOC 2 CC3.2 +7 +8PDF · WordCites RA-1, Risk Assessment (NIST 800-53); SOC 2 CC3.1, COSO Principle 6: Risk Objectives (SOC 2); SOC 2 CC3.2, COSO Principle 7: Risk Identification (SOC 2), and 7 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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