NIST SP 800-53A Rev. 5
Appendices D to F: Penetration Testing, Reporting and Ongoing Assessment

NIST SP 800-53A Rev. 5 53A-F: Ongoing Assessment and Automation

Moves assessment from a point-in-time exercise to a continuing one, using automation where it can produce evidence more often and more reliably than a person.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 8 controls across 7 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

FedRAMP High · 1 control

  • CA-7 Continuous Monitoring

FedRAMP Moderate · 1 control

  • CA-7 Continuous Monitoring

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 1 control

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 12.4.2 12.4.2 Quarterly reviews that personnel follow security procedures

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC4.1 CC4.1 Ongoing and separate evaluations of control (COSO principle 16)

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

Other controls in Appendices D to F: Penetration Testing, Reporting and Ongoing Assessment

Query this from an agent

The graph holds this control, the 8 it maps to, and the evidence behind each claim, over MCP and REST.

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