800-53 vs GDPR

Side-by-side comparison of NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 and GDPR across 49 cybersecurity controls.

47
Shared
2
800-53 Only
0
GDPR Only
0
Neither

Covered by Both (47 controls)

Controls recognized by both 800-53 and GDPR.

Gp Governance Policy
PL-1, PM-1 | Art.5(2), Art.24(1), Art.24(2)
Aw Awareness & Training
AT-1, AT-2, AT-3 | Art.39(1)(b), Art.47(2)(n)
Rm Risk Management
RA-1, PM-9, PM-28 | Art.24(1), Art.32(1)
Sc Supply Chain Risk
SR-1, SR-2, SR-3 | Art.28(1), Art.28(2)
Rr Roles & Responsibilities
PM-2, PM-10, PS-7 | Art.37(1), Art.38(1), Art.39(1)
Cm Compliance
CA-2, CA-7, PM-4 | Art.5(2), Art.58(1), Art.83(1)
Am Asset Management
CM-8, CM-9, PM-5 | Art.30(1)
Ra Risk Assessment
RA-3, RA-5 | Art.35(1), Art.35(7)
Be Business Environment
PM-7, PM-11 | Art.35(7)(b)
Da Data Classification
RA-2, SC-16 | Art.9(1), Art.5(1)(c)
Vn Vulnerability Mgmt
RA-5, SI-2, SI-5 | Art.32(1)(d)
Ac Access Control
AC-1, AC-2, AC-3, AC-6 | Art.32(1)(b), Art.25(2)
Mf Multi-Factor Auth
IA-2 | Art.32(1)(b)
En Encryption
SC-8, SC-12, SC-13, SC-28 | Art.32(1)(a), Art.34(3)(a)
Dp Data Protection
MP-2, MP-4, SC-8, SC-28 | Art.5(1)(f), Art.32(1)
Bk Backup & Recovery
CP-9, CP-10 | Art.32(1)(c)
Pa Privileged Access
AC-2, AC-6 | Art.32(1)(b), Art.29
Fw Firewall / Net Seg
SC-7, AC-4 | Art.32(1)(b)
Ep Endpoint Protection
SI-3, SI-4 | Art.32(1)(b)
Pm Patch Management
SI-2, CM-3 | Art.32(1)(d)
Cf Secure Config
CM-2, CM-6, CM-7 | Art.25(1), Art.32(1)
Sd Secure Development
SA-3, SA-8, SA-11, SA-15 | Art.25(1), Art.25(2)
Ml Email Security
SI-3, SI-8 | Art.32(1)(b)
Ws Web Security
SC-7, SI-3 | Art.32(1)(b)
Zt Zero Trust
AC-4, SC-7 | Art.32(1)(b), Art.25(1)
Mb Mobile Security
AC-19 | Art.32(1)(b)
Cl Cloud Security
AC-20, SA-9 | Art.28(1), Art.32(1)
Wf WAF
SC-7, SI-3 | Art.32(1)(b)
Dl DLP
AC-4, SC-7 | Art.5(1)(f), Art.32(1)(b)
Sm Cont. Monitoring
CA-7, SI-4 | Art.32(1)(d)
Lg Logging & Audit
AU-2, AU-3, AU-6, AU-12 | Art.5(2), Art.30(1)
Id Intrusion Detection
SI-4 | Art.32(1)(d), Art.33(1)
An Anomaly Detection
SI-4, AC-2 | Art.32(1)(d)
Sg SIEM / SOC
AU-6, SI-4 | Art.32(1)(d)
Ir Incident Response
IR-1, IR-4, IR-5, IR-6 | Art.33(1), Art.33(2)
Fn Forensics
IR-4, AU-7 | Art.33(3)
Co Communication
IR-6, IR-7 | Art.33(1), Art.34(1)
Mt Mitigation
IR-4, IR-5 | Art.33(3)(d), Art.34(2)
Rp Reporting
IR-6, IR-7, IR-8 | Art.33(1), Art.34(1)
Rc Recovery Planning
CP-2, CP-10 | Art.32(1)(c)
Bc Business Continuity
CP-2, CP-6, CP-7 | Art.32(1)(b), Art.32(1)(c)
Ll Lessons Learned
IR-4, CP-4 | Art.32(1)(d), Art.24(1)
Cr Comms & Restore
CP-2, IR-4 | Art.34(1), Art.32(1)(c)
Dr Disaster Recovery
CP-2, CP-10 | Art.32(1)(c)
Ap API Security
SC-7, SA-11 | Art.25(1), Art.32(1)(b)
It Insider Threat
PM-12, AC-6, AU-12 | Art.29, Art.32(1)(b), Art.32(4)
Vr Vendor Risk Mgmt
SA-9, SR-6, PM-30 | Art.28(1), Art.28(2), Art.28(3)

Only in 800-53 (2 controls)

Controls covered by 800-53 but not GDPR. Organizations using GDPR should consider supplementing with these.

Summary: 800-53 vs GDPR

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 and GDPR share 47 controls in common out of 49 total. 800-53 uniquely covers 2 controls that GDPR does not, including Threat Intelligence, DNS Security. GDPR uniquely covers 0 controls that 800-53 does not. Together, these two frameworks cover all tracked controls. For comprehensive cybersecurity coverage, organizations often adopt both frameworks or supplement with other frameworks.

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