Security Resilience

NIST 800-53 r5 · Controls catalogue · Family SA

SA-8Security and Privacy Engineering Principles

Apply the following systems security and privacy engineering principles in the specification, design, development, implementation, and modification of the system and system components: {{ insert: param, sa-8_prm_1 }}.

Last updated: 16 October 2026 07:24 UTC

Cumulative inbound coverage

How completely the frameworks we cross-walk collectively cover this — the verdict is the strongest single mapping (overlapping partials are not summed); breadth shows the corroboration behind it.

Collective: partial · 2 mapping(s) from 1 framework(s): OWASP-Web 2 (partial)

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Implementations targeting this control (0)

ATT&CK techniques this control mitigates (20)

Weaknesses this control addresses (9)AI-assisted

CWEs ranked by how often they appear in real CVEs. The rationale describes how this control reduces exploitability of each weakness class.

CWE Name CVEs Why this control addresses it
CWE-284Improper Access Control8,100+Complete-mediation and least-privilege principles ensure proper access-control design and enforcement.
CWE-269Improper Privilege Management4,000+Least-privilege and separation-of-duties principles prevent improper privilege management.
CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical Function3,900+Complete-mediation principle requires authentication for critical functions.
CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource2,000+Permission-assignment and least-privilege principles prevent incorrect critical-resource permissions.
CWE-693Protection Mechanism Failure900+Engineering principles ensure protection mechanisms are correctly specified and implemented.
CWE-250Execution with Unnecessary Privileges300+Least-privilege engineering principle directly reduces execution with unnecessary privileges.
CWE-653Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization85Separation-of-privilege and least-common-mechanism principles enforce proper isolation.
CWE-636Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open')70Fail-safe-defaults principle prevents systems from failing open.
CWE-657Violation of Secure Design Principles20Control explicitly requires application of secure design principles throughout the lifecycle.

Top CVEs where this control is the strongest mitigation

CVE Risk CVSS EPSS Match
CVE-2025-31200 KEV 9.99.80.2090partial
CVE-2025-6543 KEV 9.99.80.1056partial
CVE-2025-7775 KEV 9.99.80.2028partial
CVE-2026-8452 KEV 9.99.80.0101partial
CVE-2026-76519 KEV9.99.80.0174partial
CVE-2025-68615 9.29.80.4236partial
CVE-2023-6549 KEV 8.98.20.5763partial
CVE-2026-88772 KEV8.78.10.0130partial
CVE-2023-52440 8.69.80.2191partial
CVE-2026-20700 KEV 8.57.80.0139partial
CVE-2026-88779 KEV8.57.50.0059partial
CVE-2025-7776 8.19.80.0821partial
CVE-2024-3833 7.78.80.1756partial
CVE-2024-20082 7.69.80.0136partial
CVE-2025-43186 7.59.80.0113partial
CVE-2025-11423 7.59.80.0086partial
CVE-2026-2776 7.510.00.0063partial
CVE-2026-2778 7.510.00.0063partial
CVE-2026-34159 7.59.80.0124partial
CVE-2026-41497.59.80.0110partial
CVE-2026-64726 7.59.80.0090partial
CVE-2026-1047117.59.80.0119partial
CVE-2024-22080 7.49.80.0078partial
CVE-2024-9401 7.49.80.0074partial
CVE-2024-9402 7.49.80.0062partial

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