NIST SP 800-218
NIST SP 800-218: Access Control

NIST SP 800-218 SP800-218-PW.9.2: Implement and Document Secure Defaults

Implement the default settings (or groups of settings), and document each setting for software administrators.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 23 controls across 13 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 SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 3 controls

OpenSSF Best Practices Badge Criteria · 3 controls

Azure Security Benchmark · 2 controls

  • ASBv3-PV-1 Define and establish secure configurations
  • PV-2 Audit and enforce secure configurations

C5 (Germany) · 2 controls

  • C5-PSS-01 Guidelines and Recommendations for Cloud Customers
  • C5-PSS-11 Images for Virtual Machines and Containers

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • CM-6 Configuration Settings
  • SA-5 System Documentation

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • CM-6 Configuration Settings
  • SA-5 System Documentation

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.37 Documented operating procedures
  • 8.9 Configuration management

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

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

  • CCM-AIS-02 Application Security Baseline Requirements

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.9 Configuration management

ISO/IEC 42001:2023 · 1 control

  • 7.5.2 Creating and updating documented information

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 1 control

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC7.1 CC7.1 Detecting configuration changes and new vulnerabilities

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 NIST SP 800-218: Access Control

You are reading one control. How much of NIST SP 800-218 have you already done?

NIST SP 800-218 SP800-218-PW.9.2 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of NIST SP 800-218 your existing evidence covers. Hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 and 30 of 42 NIST SP 800-218 controls already carry evidence.

If you hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 571.4% covered · 12 gapsIf you hold C5 (Germany)61.9% covered · 16 gapsIf you hold NIST SP 800-161 Rev 161.9% covered · 16 gapsIf you hold Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.152.4% covered · 20 gapsIf you hold ISO 27002:202252.4% covered · 20 gapsIf you hold Azure Security Benchmark50% covered · 21 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 NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 pair alone.

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The graph holds this control, the 23 it maps to, and the evidence behind each claim, over MCP and REST.

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