NIST800-CA-7 CA-7 Continuous Monitoring
NIST800-CA-7 in NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 (NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, Release 5.2.0). All NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 controls held. Open NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 on the standards site.
The control as we hold it
CA-7 Continuous Monitoring. 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: [Assignment: organization-defined system-level metrics]; b. Establishing [Assignment: organization-defined frequencies] for monitoring and [Assignment: organization-defined frequencies] 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.
Reviewed and closest counterparts in the other frameworks
Reviewed rows come from a released pair; a closest match is the nearest held text and is not a reviewed row.
SOC 2
- SOC2-A1.1 A1.1 Managing processing capacity (closest match)
- SOC2-CC1.2 CC1.2 Board independence and oversight of internal control (COSO principle 2) (closest match)
- SOC2-CC3.4 CC3.4 Identifying and assessing significant changes (COSO principle 9) (closest match)
- SOC2-CC4.1 CC4.1 Ongoing and separate evaluations of control (COSO principle 16) (closest match)
- SOC2-CC4.2 CC4.2 Evaluating and communicating control deficiencies (COSO principle 17) (closest match)
- SOC2-CC6.8 CC6.8 Preventing and detecting unauthorised or malicious software (closest match)
- SOC2-CC7.1 CC7.1 Detecting configuration changes and new vulnerabilities (closest match)
- SOC2-CC7.2 CC7.2 Monitoring system components for anomalies (closest match)
HIPAA Security Rule
- 164.306 Security Standards: General Rules (closest match)
- 164.308(a)(1)(i) Security Management Process (Standard) (closest match)
- 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A) Risk Analysis (Required) (closest match)
- 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(B) Risk Management (Required) (closest match)
- 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D) Information System Activity Review (Required) (closest match)
- 164.308(a)(8) Evaluation (Standard) (closest match)
- 164.308(b)(1) Business Associate Contracts and Other Arrangements (Standard) (closest match)
What an auditor commonly asks for
General guidance for this control area (domain: CA - Assessment, Authorization, and Monitoring), in our words, not a statement of the standard and not binding on an assessor.
- the security-assessment report
- the authorization decision
- the continuous-monitoring records