There are many different NIST-based assurance frameworks that can be implemented. One popular one that Amazon Web Services has done extensive work on in creating reference documents, quickstart guides, and accelerators is for NIST SP 800-53 (Revision 4) (https://www.wbdg.org/files/pdfs/dod_cloudcomputing.pdf), NIST SP 800-171 (http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-171.pdf), the OMB TIC Initiative – FedRAMP Overlay (pilot) (https://www.fedramp.gov/draft-fedramp-tic-overlay/), and the DoD Cloud Computing SRG (https://www.wbdg.org/files/pdfs/dod_cloudcomputing.pdf) (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/01/nist-800-53-standardized-architecture-on-the-aws-cloud-quick-start-reference-deployment/). Using the guidance and accelerators outlined by AWS, an organization can deploy a standardized environment that helps workloads that fall within the scope of these NIST publications.