NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3
03.11 RA (Risk Assessment)

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 03.11.01: Risk Assessment

Conduct risk assessments including likelihood and impact of unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction of system and CUI; update at defined frequency and when significant changes occur.

Maintained by Gerard BlokdykVerified against the published standard Control text last updated

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 52 controls across 28 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 4 controls

  • NIST-CSF-DE.AE-04 The estimated impact and scope of adverse events are understood
  • NIST-CSF-ID.RA-03 Internal and external threats to the organization are identified and recorded
  • NIST-CSF-ID.RA-04 Potential impacts and likelihoods of threats exploiting vulnerabilities are identified and recorded
  • NIST-CSF-ID.RA-05 Threats, vulnerabilities, likelihoods, and impacts are used to understand inherent risk and inform risk response prioritization

PCI DSS 4.0 · 4 controls

  • 12.3.1 12.3.1 Targeted risk analysis for flexible-frequency requirements
  • 12.3.2 12.3.2 Targeted risk analysis for each customized-approach requirement
  • 5.2.3.1 5.2.3.1 Targeted risk analysis sets evaluation frequency
  • 5.2.3 5.2.3 Periodic evaluation of components not at risk from malware

AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar · 3 controls

  • SEC01-BP03 Identify and validate control objectives
  • SEC01-BP04 Stay up to date with security threats and recommendations
  • SEC01-BP07 Identify threats and prioritize mitigations using a threat model

C5 (Germany) · 3 controls

  • C5-OIS-06 Risk Management Policy
  • C5-OIS-07 Application of the Risk Management Policy
  • C5-SSO-02 Risk assessment of service providers and suppliers

HIPAA Security Rule · 3 controls

SOC 2 · 3 controls

  • SOC2-CC3.2 CC3.2 Identifying and analysing risks to objectives (COSO principle 7)
  • SOC2-CC3.4 CC3.4 Identifying and assessing significant changes (COSO principle 9)
  • SOC2-CC9.1 CC9.1 Mitigating risks of business disruption

ANSSI Guide d'hygiene informatique (42 mesures, v2.0) · 2 controls

Azure Security Benchmark · 2 controls

CFTC System Safeguards (17 CFR 37, 38, 39, 49) · 2 controls

  • CFTC-SS-17 Enterprise Technology Risk Assessment
  • CFTC-SS-2 Enterprise Risk Management and Governance Category

ISO 22301:2019 · 2 controls

  • 6.1.2 Addressing risks and opportunities
  • 8.2.3 Risk assessment

ISO 27701:2019 · 2 controls

  • 5.4.1 Actions to address risks and opportunities
  • 5.6.2 Information security risk assessment

ISO/IEC 23894:2023 · 2 controls

  • ISO23894-6.3 AI Risk Assessment
  • 6.4 Risk assessment

ISO/IEC 42001:2023 · 2 controls

  • 6.1.2 AI risk assessment
  • 8.2 AI risk assessment

NIS2 Directive · 2 controls

  • Art.21.1 Take proportionate all-hazards measures calibrated to the entity's own risk exposure
  • Art.21.2.a Policies on risk analysis and on information system security

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 2 controls

APRA CPS 230 Operational Risk Management · 1 control

  • CPS230-11 Identification, Assessment and Management of Operational Risk

APRA CPS 234 · 1 control

Australia Consumer Data Right - Banking (CDR) · 1 control

  • AUCDR-IS-STEP3 Step 3 - Have and maintain an information security capability

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 · 1 control

FedRAMP High · 1 control

  • RA-3 Risk Assessment

FedRAMP Moderate · 1 control

  • RA-3 Risk Assessment

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.7 Threat intelligence

ISO 31000:2018 · 1 control

  • 6.4 Risk assessment

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.11.1e Threat-Aware Risk Assessment

NIST SP 800-218 · 1 control

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 1 control

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

Other controls in 03.11 RA (Risk Assessment)

You are reading one control. How much of NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 have you already done?

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 03.11.01 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 your existing evidence covers. Hold PCI DSS 4.0 and 69 of 97 NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 controls already carry evidence.

If you hold PCI DSS 4.071.1% covered · 28 gapsIf you hold C5 (Germany)68% covered · 31 gapsIf you hold Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.164.9% covered · 34 gapsIf you hold ISO 27001:202262.9% covered · 36 gapsIf you hold CIS Controls v853.6% covered · 45 gapsIf you hold NIST SP 800-161 Rev 152.6% covered · 46 gaps

Each report names every control your existing framework evidences, every one it does not, the reasoning behind each claim, and the claims that were argued against and rejected. 0 were rejected on the PCI DSS 4.0 pair alone.

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