Date Published: December 2014 (Updated 12/18/2014)
Supersedes:
SP 800-53A Rev. 4 (12/11/2014)
Planning Note (01/25/2023):
This publication was officially withdrawn on January 25, 2023, one year after the release of Revision 5.
Author(s)
Joint Task Force Transformation Initiative
This publication provides a set of procedures for conducting assessments of security controls and privacy controls employed within federal information systems and organizations. The assessment procedures, executed at various phases of the system development life cycle, are consistent with the security and privacy controls in NIST Special Publication 800-53, Revision 4. The procedures are customizable and can be easily tailored to provide organizations with the needed flexibility to conduct security control assessments and privacy control assessments that support organizational risk management processes and that are aligned with the stated risk tolerance of the organization. Information on building effective security assessment plans and privacy assessment plans is also provided along with guidance on analyzing assessment results.
This publication provides a set of procedures for conducting assessments of security controls and privacy controls employed within federal information systems and organizations. The assessment procedures, executed at various phases of the system development life cycle, are consistent with the...
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This publication provides a set of procedures for conducting assessments of security controls and privacy controls employed within federal information systems and organizations. The assessment procedures, executed at various phases of the system development life cycle, are consistent with the security and privacy controls in NIST Special Publication 800-53, Revision 4. The procedures are customizable and can be easily tailored to provide organizations with the needed flexibility to conduct security control assessments and privacy control assessments that support organizational risk management processes and that are aligned with the stated risk tolerance of the organization. Information on building effective security assessment plans and privacy assessment plans is also provided along with guidance on analyzing assessment results.
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Keywords
assurance; E-Government Act; security requirements; assessment; FISMA; Privacy Act; privacy controls; privacy requirements; security controls; Risk Management Framework
Control Families
Assessment, Authorization and Monitoring; Program Management; Risk Assessment
