# CM-08 System Component Inventory — NIST 800-53 Rev5 control

> FedRAMP Consolidated Rules for 2026 v2026.07.14.01 · updated 2026-07-14
> Canonical page: /control/cm-8

Canonical id: `cm-8` · family `CM`

> a. Develop and document an inventory of system components that: 1. Accurately reflects the system; 2. Includes all components within the system; 3. Does not include duplicate accounting of components or components assigned to any other system; 4. Is at the level of granularity deemed necessary for tracking and reporting; and 5. Includes the following information to achieve system component accountability: [information]; and b. Review and update the system component inventory [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 (in the annual independent assessment)
- certification class C (in the annual independent assessment)
- certification class D (in the annual independent assessment)

## Key Security Indicators that reach it

- `KSI-PIY-GIV` — Generating Inventories (Policy and Inventory)
  Authoritative sources are used to automatically generate real-time inventories of all information resources when needed.

## FedRAMP guidance

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

## Annual independent assessment

In the annual assessment subset for class B, C, D.