# CA-07 Continuous Monitoring — NIST 800-53 Rev5 control

> FedRAMP Consolidated Rules for 2026 v2026.07.14.01 · updated 2026-07-14
> Canonical page: /control/ca-7

Canonical id: `ca-7` · family `CA`

> 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: [system-level metrics]; b. Establishing [frequencies] for monitoring and [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 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 personnel or roles] [organization-defined frequency].

_Control title and statement: NIST SP 800-53 Rev5 catalog (the pinned commit is in `/api` under `control_text`). The FedRAMP rules reference these controls by id only; everything below is what FedRAMP says about this id._

## Rev5 baseline membership

- certification class B
- certification class C
- certification class D

## Key Security Indicators that reach it

- `KSI-MLA-EVC` — Evaluating Configurations (Monitoring, Logging, and Auditing)
  The configuration of machine-based information resources, especially infrastructure as code, is persistently evaluated and tested.

## FedRAMP guidance

{
  "guidance": [
    "Follow the FedRAMP Continuous Collaborative Monitoring, Significant Change Notification, Vulnerability Detection and Response, and Vulnerability Evaluation and Reporting rules."
  ]
}