-53: Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations
This publication provides a catalog of security and privacy controls for federal information systems and organizations. It covers a wide range of topics, including access control, identification and authentication, audit and accountability, system and communications protection, incident response, and more.
NIST SP800-61: Computer Security Incident Handling Guide
This publication provides guidance on how to detect, respond to, and recover from computer security incidents. It includes detailed information on incident response planning, detection and analysis of incidents, containment of damage, eradication of the incident’s source, recovery from the incident, post-incident activities such as reporting and lessons learned.
NIST SP800-171: Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations
This publication provides guidelines for protecting controlled unclassified information (CUI) when it is processed or stored in non-federal systems. The document outlines 14 families of security requirements that must be implemented by contractors who handle CUI on behalf of the government.
NIST SP800-37: Risk Management Framework for Information Systems and Organizations
This publication provides guidance on managing risks associated with information systems through a structured process. The framework is designed to help organizations identify their information system assets, assess potential vulnerabilities or threats to those assets based on the risk environment they operate in, implement appropriate safeguards to protect against those threats while ensuring compliance with applicable laws/regulations/standards/guidelines.