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NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5CIS Controls v8

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 covers 57.5% of CIS Controls v8

88 of the 153 controls in CIS Controls v8 are already satisfied by evidence you collected for NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5. 65 are genuine gaps. Every claim below was judged against both control sets and then argued against; the ones that did not survive are published further down with the reason each failed.

57.5%
of the target already covered
88
controls evidenced
65
genuine gaps
268
claims rejected in review

This number is directional. It says how much of CIS Controls v8 your NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 evidence satisfies. The reverse pair is a different number, often very different, because a security standard has enormous depth for access control and almost none for lawful basis or data subject rights.

463 candidate mappings were examined and 289 were removed. Signed off 2026-08-19, review level machine verified. Mappings were judged by Claude Code rather than read line by line by a practitioner. Every claim shows its reasoning so you can check it. Ask and a practitioner will review this pair.

Where the gaps are

Coverage is never evenly spread. A source standard usually satisfies one part of a target almost completely and barely touches another, and which part is which is the thing worth knowing before you plan the work.

CIS Control 3: Data Protection12 of 14 evidenced, 2 to do
CIS Control 17: Incident Response Management7 of 9 evidenced, 2 to do
CIS Control 12: Network Infrastructure Management6 of 8 evidenced, 2 to do
CIS Control 7: Continuous Vulnerability Management5 of 7 evidenced, 2 to do
CIS Control 4: Secure Configuration of Enterprise Assets and Software8 of 12 evidenced, 4 to do
CIS Control 5: Account Management4 of 6 evidenced, 2 to do
CIS Control 6: Access Control Management5 of 8 evidenced, 3 to do
CIS Control 11: Data Recovery3 of 5 evidenced, 2 to do
CIS Control 18: Penetration Testing3 of 5 evidenced, 2 to do
CIS Control 10: Malware Defenses4 of 7 evidenced, 3 to do
CIS Control 13: Network Monitoring and Defense6 of 11 evidenced, 5 to do
CIS Control 16: Application Software Security7 of 14 evidenced, 7 to do
CIS Control 8: Audit Log Management6 of 12 evidenced, 6 to do
CIS Control 14: Security Awareness and Skills Training4 of 9 evidenced, 5 to do
CIS Control 15: Service Provider Management3 of 7 evidenced, 4 to do
CIS Control 2: Inventory and Control of Software Assets3 of 7 evidenced, 4 to do
CIS Control 1: Inventory and Control of Enterprise Assets1 of 5 evidenced, 4 to do
CIS Control 9: Email and Web Browser Protections1 of 7 evidenced, 6 to do

Theme level, not control level, deliberately. The per-control list of what is evidenced and what is a gap is the report itself, so publishing it here would be publishing the thing being sold.

Claims that held

A sample. Each one names the control whose evidence does the work, the control it satisfies, and why.

NIST800-CM-8CIS-1.1argued against and upheld
Establish and Maintain Detailed Enterprise Asset Inventory

CM-8 requires a documented, current inventory of system components with the attributes CIS asks for.

NIST800-SI-3CIS-10.1argued against and upheld
Deploy and Maintain Anti-Malware Software

SI-3 requires deploying and maintaining malicious code protection mechanisms.

NIST800-SI-3CIS-10.2argued against and upheld
Configure Automatic Anti-Malware Signature Updates

SI-3 requires updating malicious code protection mechanisms as new releases become available.

NIST800-SI-3CIS-10.4argued against and upheld
Configure Automatic Anti-Malware Scanning of Removable Media

SI-3 requires scanning files from external sources as they are opened or transferred.

NIST800-SI-16CIS-10.5argued against and upheld
Enable Anti-Exploitation Features

SI-16 requires memory protection mechanisms against unauthorized code execution.

NIST800-CP-9CIS-11.1argued against and upheld
Establish and Maintain a Data Recovery Process

CP-9 requires backups of user and system information supporting recovery.

NIST800-CP-9CIS-11.2argued against and upheld
Perform Automated Backups

CP-9 requires backups at defined frequencies consistent with recovery objectives.

NIST800-CP-4CIS-11.5argued against and upheld
Test Data Recovery

CP-4 requires testing the contingency plan to determine effectiveness of restoration.

Claims that did not hold

268 proposed mappings for this pair were rejected. They are kept in the graph rather than deleted, so what was thrown out is as inspectable as what survived. A crosswalk that never rejects anything is not being judged.

NIST800-IR-4CIS-1.2
Address Unauthorized Assets

Not corroborated on review of this pair by Claude Code

Claimed at medium confidence before it was rejected.

NIST800-SC-7CIS-1.2
Address Unauthorized Assets

Not corroborated on review of this pair by Claude Code

Claimed at medium confidence before it was rejected.

NIST800-CA-7CIS-1.3
Utilize an Active Discovery Tool

Not corroborated on review of this pair by Claude Code

Claimed at high confidence before it was rejected.

NIST800-SI-3CIS-10.6
Centrally Manage Anti-Malware Software

Not corroborated on review of this pair by Claude Code

Claimed at medium confidence before it was rejected.

NIST800-CP-2CIS-11.1
Establish and Maintain a Data Recovery Process

Not corroborated on review of this pair by Claude Code

Claimed at high confidence before it was rejected.

NIST800-SC-13CIS-11.3
Protect Recovery Data

Not corroborated on review of this pair by Claude Code

Claimed at medium confidence before it was rejected.

NIST800-SC-28CIS-11.3
Protect Recovery Data

Not corroborated on review of this pair by Claude Code

Claimed at high confidence before it was rejected.

NIST800-SC-49CIS-12.2
Establish and Maintain a Secure Network Architecture

Not corroborated on review of this pair by Claude Code

Claimed at medium confidence before it was rejected.

The full report

Everything above is a sample. The report is every evidenced control and every gap, with the reasoning and the source document behind each one, in a form you can hand to an assessor. $299, emailed immediately.

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