NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5
CA-7
Assessment, Authorization, and Monitoring

Continuous Monitoring

Description

Develop a system-level continuous monitoring strategy and implement continuous monitoring in accordance with the organization-level continuous monitoring strategy that includes: a. Establishing the following system-level metrics to be monitored: [organization-defined parameter]; b. Establishing [organization-defined parameter] for monitoring and [organization-defined parameter] for assessment of control effectiveness; c. Ongoing control assessments in accordance with the continuous monitoring strategy; d. Ongoing monitoring of system and organization-defined metrics in accordance with the continuous monitoring strategy; e. Correlation and analysis of information generated by control assessments and monitoring; f. Response actions to address results of the analysis of control assessment and monitoring information; and g. Reporting the security and privacy status of the system to [organization-defined parameter] [organization-defined parameter].

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