NIST 800-53 REV 5 • ASSESSMENT, AUTHORIZATION, AND MONITORING
CA-7(6) — Automation Support for Monitoring
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CMMC Practice Mapping
No direct CMMC mapping
NIST 800-171 Mapping
No direct NIST 800-171 mapping
Related Controls
No related controls listed
Supplemental Guidance
Using automated tools for monitoring helps to maintain the accuracy, currency, and availability of monitoring information which in turns helps to increase the level of ongoing awareness of the system security and privacy posture in support of organizational risk management decisions.
Practitioner Notes
This enhancement requires automated tools to support your continuous monitoring activities, reducing manual effort and improving consistency.
Example 1: Deploy Tenable.sc with scheduled automated scans and dashboards that automatically generate continuous monitoring reports for leadership review.
Example 2: Use Microsoft Defender for Cloud Secure Score to continuously and automatically assess your cloud security posture and flag configuration drift.