NIST 800-171 R2 to R3 Transition Guide

NIST 800-171 R2 to R3 Transition Guide

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Sooner, rather than later, the US Government's global supply chain will have to transition to NIST 800-171 R3. ComplianceForge provides a free resource for organizations migrating from NIST 800-171 R2 to R3. This guide provides an Assessment Objective (AO)-level analysis to address differences:

  • Over 1/3 are minimal effort (clear, direct mapping)
  • Approximately 1/5 are moderate effort (indirect mapping)
  • Approximately 1/2 are significant effort (no clear mapping or new AOs)

This guide also addresses the logical dependencies that exist from "orphaned AOs" that are not in NIST 800-171A R3, but a requirement to demonstrate evidence of due diligence and due care still exists for specific functions (e.g., maintenance operations, roles & responsibilities, inventories, physical security, etc.).

You can download from: https://complianceforge.com/content/pdf/guide-nist-800-171-r3-transition.pdf

NIST 800-171 R2 to R3 transition guide

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NIST SP 800‑53 R5 Control Families

This release includes a total of 1,189 controls, organized into 20 families:

  1. Access Control
  2. Awareness & Training
  3. Audit & Accountability
  4. Assessment, Authorization & Monitoring
  5. Configuration Management
  6. Contingency Planning
  7. Identification & Authentication
  8. Incident Response
  9. Maintenance
  10. Media Protection
  11. Physical & Environmental Protection
  12. Planning
  13. Program Management
  14. Personnel Security
  15. Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Processing & Transparency
  16. Risk Assessment
  17. System & Services Acquisition
  18. System & Communications Protection
  19. System & Information Integrity
  20. Supply Chain Risk Management

This count includes deprecated controls that have been removed or folded into others. Some controls are not categorized under baselines—low, moderate, high, or privacy—per NIST SP 800‑53B.

ComplianceForge provides full 1:1 mapping of all 20 families and their controls in its CDPP documentation.