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Monthly Selected Authority Documents - February, 2021

Here is a list of the 50 most selected Authority Documents in the Common Controls Hub this past...

Here is a list of the 50 most selected Authority Documents in the Common Controls Hub this past month. We also list how many groups each Authority Document has been assigned to and how many initiatives it has been assigned to.



AD Common Name AD Type Selected Groups Initiatives
ISO 27001-2013 International or National Standard 25 172 8
CobiT Safe Harbor 23 151 2
AICPA Reporting on Controls at a Service Organization SOC-2 Safe Harbor 21 125 3
EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Regulation or Statute 20 153 11
NIST CSF 1.1 International or National Standard 19 29 7
Sarbanes Oxley SOX Regulation or Statute 17 141 1
Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations, NIST SP 800-53, Moderate Impact Baseline, Revision 4 International or National Standard 16 3 0
ISO 27002 International or National Standard 15 5 1
PCI DSS Requirements and Security Assessment Procedures Contractual Obligation 15 138 4
ISO/IEC 27017:2015(E) Self-Regulatory Body Requirement 13 12 4
NIST SP 800-53 R5 International or National Standard 13 4 2
Cloud Controls Matrix, Version 3.0 Self-Regulatory Body Requirement 12 12 2
ISO 31000 R 2009 International or National Standard 12 154 2
ISO/IEC 27018:2014 International or National Standard 12 14 2
Red Book (Condensed) International or National Standard 12 5 4
NIST SP 800-53 International or National Standard 11 14 0
NIST SP 800-53 R4 International or National Standard 11 3 2
Control Baselines for Information Systems and Organizations, NIST Special Publication 800-53B, High Impact Baseline, October 2020 International or National Standard 10 0 2
BSI Cloud Computing Compliance Controls Catalogue (C5) Best Practice Guideline 9 7 0
Control Baselines for Information Systems and Organizations, NIST Special Publication 800-53B, Moderate Impact Baseline, October 2020 International or National Standard 9 0 0
EBA/GL/2019/04 Regulation or Statute 9 2 0
ISO/IEC 27002:2013(E) International or National Standard 9 134 4
NICE NIST International or National Standard 9 10 1
Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations, NIST SP 800-53, Low Impact Baseline, Revision 4 International or National Standard 9 2 0
CMMC Level 3 Best Practice Guideline 8 0 3
CMMC Level 5 Best Practice Guideline 8 0 1
CSIS 20 Critical Security Controls Best Practice Guideline 8 148 0
ISO/IEC 27701:2019 International or National Standard 8 9 3
NIST SP 800 66 Safe Harbor 8 19 1
NIST SP 800-171, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations International or National Standard 8 1 3
NIST SP 800-37r2 International or National Standard 8 8 4
PCI DSS Testing Procedures v3.2 Contractual Obligation 8 15 2
Cloud Security Alliance CCM V1.3 Best Practice Guideline 7 5 0
Control Baselines for Information Systems and Organizations, NIST Special Publication 800-53B, Low Impact Baseline, October 2020 International or National Standard 7 0 0
Control Baselines for Information Systems and Organizations, NIST Special Publication 800-53B, Privacy Control Baseline, October 2020 International or National Standard 7 0 2
FedRAMP Baseline Security Controls Audit Guideline 7 114 0
ISO 22301- Societal Security - Business Continuity Management Systems - Requirements International or National Standard 7 11 0
PCI DSS 3.0 Requirements Self-Regulatory Body Requirement 7 83 1
Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations, NIST SP 800-53, High Impact Baseline, Revision 4 International or National Standard 7 2 0
21 CFR Part 11 Regulation or Statute 6 19 0
23 NYCRR 500 Regulation or Statute 6 7 3
California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 Bill or Act 6 33 1
CIS 20 Critical Security Controls Best Practice Guideline 6 16 2
CIS Controls, V7.1 Best Practice Guideline 6 3 3
Cyber Essentials Scheme (CES) Questionnaire Best Practice Guideline 6 2 0
FedRAMP Security Controls Baseline, 2018 Audit Guideline 6 0 4
FFIEC Development Acquisition Best Practice Guideline 6 3 1
FFIEC Information Technology Examination Handbook - Business Continuity Management Audit Guideline 6 9 1
Financial Services Sector Cybersecurity Profile International or National Standard 6 0 2
Gramm Leach Bliley Bill or Act 6 8 3