Browse 1,193 controls and enhancements across 20 security and privacy families. Use the GovRAMP crosswalk to locate controls referenced by Security Snapshot, Core, and Moderate.
A shared catalog supports common-control planning; designation as a common, hybrid, or system-specific control depends on your organization’s implementation and inheritance decisions.
Sources and crosswalk scope
NIST OSCAL content 5.1.1+u4, retrieved 2026-09-18. GovRAMP Snapshot v1.4 and Core selection from Moderate v1.06 reference the December 2020 Rev. 5 text. Mappings establish exact identifier correspondence, not identical requirements, inherited implementation, or GovRAMP authorization. GovRAMP parameters and additional requirements remain authoritative for each program. Full Moderate, High, and other programs are not mapped here. Withdrawn controls are retained for reference.
System and Communications Protection · Base control
SC-36 · Distributed Processing and Storage
Control statement and discussion
NIST control statement
Distribute the following processing and storage components across multiple [Selection (one): physical locations; logical domains]: [Assignment: organization-defined processing and storage components].
Discussion
Distributing processing and storage across multiple physical locations or logical domains provides a degree of redundancy or overlap for organizations. The redundancy and overlap increase the work factor of adversaries to adversely impact organizational operations, assets, and individuals. The use of distributed processing and storage does not assume a single primary processing or storage location. Therefore, it allows for parallel processing and storage.
GovRAMP crosswalk
Not selected in the imported Snapshot or Core sets. This does not establish exclusion from other GovRAMP baselines.
System and Communications Protection · Enhancement
(a) Employ polling techniques to identify potential faults, errors, or compromises to the following processing and storage components: [Assignment: distributed processing and storage components] ; and
(b) Take the following actions in response to identified faults, errors, or compromises: [Assignment: actions].
Discussion
Distributed processing and/or storage may be used to reduce opportunities for adversaries to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of organizational information and systems. However, the distribution of processing and storage components does not prevent adversaries from compromising one or more of the components. Polling compares the processing results and/or storage content from the distributed components and subsequently votes on the outcomes. Polling identifies potential faults, compromises, or errors in the distributed processing and storage components.
GovRAMP crosswalk
Not selected in the imported Snapshot or Core sets. This does not establish exclusion from other GovRAMP baselines.
System and Communications Protection · Enhancement
Synchronize the following duplicate systems or system components: [Assignment: duplicate systems or system components].
Discussion
[SC-36](#sc-36) and [CP-9(6)](#cp-9.6) require the duplication of systems or system components in distributed locations. The synchronization of duplicated and redundant services and data helps to ensure that information contained in the distributed locations can be used in the mission or business functions of organizations, as needed.
GovRAMP crosswalk
Not selected in the imported Snapshot or Core sets. This does not establish exclusion from other GovRAMP baselines.
