NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5
AT - Awareness and Training

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 AT-2: Literacy training and awareness

Requires security and privacy literacy training for all system users including managers, executives and contractors, given at induction and repeated on a defined frequency and after defined system changes or events, with awareness techniques employed, content refreshed, and incident lessons folded back into it.

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 81 controls across 38 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

CIS Controls v8 · 10 controls

  • CIS-14.1 Establish and Maintain a Security Awareness Program
  • CIS-14.2 Train Workforce Members to Recognize Social Engineering Attacks
  • CIS-14.3 Train Workforce Members on Authentication Best Practices
  • CIS-14.4 Train Workforce on Data Handling Best Practices
  • CIS-14.5 Train Workforce Members on Causes of Unintentional Data Exposure
  • CIS-14.6 Train Workforce Members on Recognizing and Reporting Security Incidents
  • CIS-14.7 Train Workforce on How to Identify and Report if Their Enterprise Assets are Missing Security Updates
  • CIS-14.8 Train Workforce on the Dangers of Connecting to and Transmitting Enterprise Data Over Insecure Networks
  • CIS-14.9 Conduct Role-Specific Security Awareness and Skills Training
  • CIS-16.9 Train Developers in Application Security Concepts and Secure Coding

PCI DSS 4.0 · 7 controls

  • 12.6.2 Security awareness program reviewed annually
  • 12.6.3 Security awareness training delivered
  • 12.6.3.1 Training on phishing and social engineering
  • 12.6.3.2 Training on acceptable use of end-user technologies
  • 5.4.1 Processes and automated mechanisms are in place to detect and protect personnel against phishing attacks
  • 8.3.8 Authentication policy communicated
  • 9.5.1.3 POI personnel training

CMMC 2.0 · 3 controls

Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 · 3 controls

FedRAMP High · 3 controls

  • AT-2 Literacy Training and Awareness
  • AT-2(2) Insider Threat
  • AT-2(3) Social Engineering and Mining

FedRAMP Moderate · 3 controls

  • AT-2 Literacy Training and Awareness
  • AT-2(2) Insider Threat
  • AT-2(3) Social Engineering and Mining

ISO/IEC 42001:2023 · 3 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 MODERATE · 3 controls

  • AT-2 Literacy Training and Awareness
  • AT-2(2) Insider Threat
  • AT-2(3) Social Engineering and Mining

NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5.1 HIGH · 3 controls

  • AT-2 Literacy Training and Awareness
  • AT-2(2) Insider Threat
  • AT-2(3) Social Engineering and Mining

APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) System · 2 controls

ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents · 2 controls

HIPAA Security Rule · 2 controls

ISO 22301:2019 · 2 controls

  • 5.2.2 Communicating the business continuity policy
  • 7.3 Awareness

ISO 27701:2019 · 2 controls

NIS2 Directive · 2 controls

  • Art.20.2 Train the management body, and offer equivalent training to staff on a regular basis
  • Art.21.2.g Basic cyber hygiene practices and cybersecurity training

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 2 controls

  • NIST-CSF-PR.AT-01 Personnel are provided with awareness and training so that they possess the knowledge and skills to perform general tasks with cybersecurity risks in mind
  • NIST-CSF-PR.AT-02 Individuals in specialized roles are provided with awareness and training so that they possess the knowledge and skills to perform relevant tasks with cybersecurity risks in mind

NIST SP 800-172 · 2 controls

  • 3.2.1e Provide Awareness Training on Advanced Persistent Threat
  • 3.2.2e Practical Exercises in Awareness Training

NIST SP 800-181 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 LOW · 2 controls

  • AT-2 Literacy Training and Awareness
  • AT-2(2) Insider Threat

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 2 controls

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-CC1.4 COSO principle 4: Demonstrates commitment to attract and retain competent individuals
  • SOC2-CC2.2 COSO principle 14: Internally communicates information including objectives and responsibilities

ANSSI Guide d'hygiene informatique (42 mesures, v2.0) · 1 control

  • ANSSI-HYG-02 Raise User Awareness of Basic Security Practice

APPI · 1 control

ASIC Cyber Resilience Good Practices · 1 control

Aged Care Quality Standards 2019 (repealed edition) · 1 control

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

  • AUCDR-IS-6 Information security training and awareness program

Australia My Health Records Act 2012 · 1 control

Australian Energy Sector Cyber Security Framework (AESCSF) · 1 control

Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) Programmes - Global Standards · 1 control

  • AEO-10 Education, Training and Awareness

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-HR-03 Security training and awareness programme

CFTC System Safeguards (17 CFR 37, 38, 39, 49) · 1 control

CISA Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security Guidance · 1 control

DORA · 1 control

EU AI Act · 1 control

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 6.3 Information security awareness, education and training

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 6.3 Information security awareness, education and training

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 1 control

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 1 control

  • 03.02.01 Literacy Training and Awareness

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Other controls in AT - Awareness and Training

You are reading one control. How much of NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 have you already done?

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 AT-2 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 your existing evidence covers. Hold ISO 27001:2022 and 163 of 300 NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 controls already carry evidence.

If you hold ISO 27001:202254.3% covered · 137 gapsIf you hold ISO 27002:202236.7% covered · 190 gapsIf you hold Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.134.3% covered · 197 gapsIf you hold CIS Controls v834% covered · 198 gapsIf you hold NIST SP 800-171 Rev 334% covered · 198 gapsIf you hold C5 (Germany)32.3% covered · 203 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. 342 were rejected on the ISO 27001:2022 pair alone.

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