# CM-09 Configuration Management Plan — NIST 800-53 Rev5 control

> FedRAMP Consolidated Rules for 2026 v2026.07.14.01 · updated 2026-07-14
> Canonical page: /control/cm-9

Canonical id: `cm-9` · family `CM`

> Develop, document, and implement a configuration management plan for the system that: a. Addresses roles, responsibilities, and configuration management processes and procedures; b. Establishes a process for identifying configuration items throughout the system development life cycle and for managing the configuration of the configuration items; c. Defines the configuration items for the system and places the configuration items under configuration management; d. Is reviewed and approved by [personnel or roles]; and e. Protects the configuration management plan from unauthorized disclosure and modification.

_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 C
- certification class D

## Key Security Indicators that reach it

- `KSI-CMT-RVP` — Reviewing Change Procedures (Change Management)
  The effectiveness of documented change management procedures is persistently reviewed.
- `KSI-IAM-ELP` — Ensuring Least Privilege (Identity and Access Management)
  Identity and access management measures are used and persistently reviewed to ensure each user or device can only access the resources they need.
- `KSI-IAM-JIT` — Authorizing Just-in-Time (Identity and Access Management)
  A least-privileged, role and attribute-based, and just-in-time security authorization model is used and persistently reviewed for all user and non-user accounts and services.

## FedRAMP guidance

_No FedRAMP-specific guidance attaches to this control._