NIST Cybersecurity Framework

Comprehensive guide to NIST cybersecurity frameworks and guidelines with implementation guidance and HIPAA mapping for healthcare organizations.

1,072 Guidelines Indexed 18 Framework Categories 4 Risk Levels

Coverage Overview

Track published NIST guideline coverage by category and framework.

1,072 Guidelines
System Acquisition 206
System and Communications Protection 126
Access Control 123
System and Information Integrity 87
Configuration Management 63
Physical Protection 60
Identification and Authentication 57
Audit and Accountability 56
Contingency Planning 51
Incident Response 38
Supply Chain Risk Management 35
Media Protection 34
Security Assessment 33
Planning 24
Maintenance 23
Personnel Security 23
Risk Assessment 20
Awareness and Training 13
Critical Risk 28
High Risk 880
Medium Risk 149
Low Risk 15
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All Guidelines

1,072 guidelines found

AU-6(1) High

Automated Process Integration

AU-6(1) — Automated Process Integration. Integrate audit review with automated processes (SIEM correlation, ticketing, SOAR) for ePHI monitoring.

AU-6(10) Medium

Audit Level Adjustment

AU-6(10) — Audit Level Adjustment. Audit level adjustment — withdrawn into AU-6. Adjust review depth based on risk as part of base AU-6. Note: NIST… ...

AU-6(2) High

Automated Security Alerts

AU-6(2) — Automated Security Alerts. Automated security alerts from audit records — withdrawn into SI-4. Implement alerting under SI-4 monitoring… ...

AU-6(3) High

Correlate Audit Record Repositories

AU-6(3) — Correlate Audit Record Repositories. Correlate audit records across repositories (EHR, IdP, network, endpoint) for coherent ePHI… ...

AU-6(4) High

Central Review and Analysis

AU-6(4) — Central Review and Analysis. Central review and analysis capability for audit records from organization-wide ePHI systems.

AU-6(5) High

Integrated Analysis of Audit Records

AU-6(5) — Integrated Analysis of Audit Records. Integrated analysis of audit records with other security/privacy monitoring data for ePHI risk… ...

AU-6(6) High

Correlation with Physical Monitoring

AU-6(6) — Correlation with Physical Monitoring. Correlate cyber audit records with physical monitoring (badge, cameras) for facilities with ePHI.

AU-6(7) High

Permitted Actions

AU-6(7) — Permitted Actions. Define permitted actions for personnel regarding audit review/analysis/reporting (least privilege on log tools).

AU-6(8) High

Full Text Analysis of Privileged Commands

AU-6(8) — Full Text Analysis of Privileged Commands. Full-text analysis of privileged commands in audit records for systems administering ePHI.

AU-6(9) High

Correlation with Information from Nontechnical Sources

AU-6(9) — Correlation with Information from Nontechnical Sources. Correlate audit information with nontechnical sources (HR terminations, tips, civil… ...

AU-7 Medium

Audit Reduction and Report Generation

AU-7 requires providing audit record reduction and report generation capabilities that support on-demand analysis and after-the-fact investigations… ...

AU-7(1) High

Automatic Processing

AU-7(1) — Automatic Processing. Automatic processing for audit reduction and report generation supporting ePHI investigations and compliance.

Understanding NIST Framework

Essential information about the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and how it applies to healthcare.

HIPAA Alignment

NIST frameworks provide detailed technical guidance for implementing HIPAA security requirements effectively.

Best Practices

Industry-recognized best practices and implementation guidance from cybersecurity experts.

Continuous Improvement

Framework-based approach enables ongoing assessment and improvement of your security posture.

Guideline Coverage Strategy

For comprehensive implementation, map your selected guidelines to HIPAA safeguards and cover the full lifecycle of identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover activities.

Governance and Risk

Define roles, maintain risk registers, and align controls with policy and audit evidence requirements.

Protect and Detect

Implement hardening, access security, encryption, logging, and alerting with documented validation procedures.

Respond and Recover

Operationalize incident response, communications, and recovery playbooks with regular tabletop testing.

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