NIST SP 800-53A Rev. 5
Chapter Three: The Assessment Process

NIST SP 800-53A Rev. 5 53A-3.1: Prepare for Control Assessments

Establishes the preparation that makes an assessment executable: scope, objectives, assessor competence and independence, logistics and access to evidence.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 14 controls across 11 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 · 2 controls

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-18.1 Establish and Maintain a Penetration Testing Program

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 22301:2019 · 1 control

  • 9.2 Internal audit

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.35 Independent review of information security

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.35 Independent review of information security

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 1 control

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 1 control

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC4.1 CC4.1 Ongoing and separate evaluations of control (COSO principle 16)

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 Chapter Three: The Assessment Process

Query this from an agent

The graph holds this control, the 14 it maps to, and the evidence behind each claim, over MCP and REST.

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