# SI-04 (02) Automated Tools and Mechanisms for Real-time Analysis — NIST 800-53 Rev5 control

> FedRAMP Consolidated Rules for 2026 v2026.07.14.01 · updated 2026-07-14
> Canonical page: /control/si-4.2

Canonical id: `si-4.2` · family `SI`

> Employ automated tools and mechanisms to support near real-time analysis of events.

_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 (in the annual independent assessment)
- certification class D (in the annual independent assessment)

## Key Security Indicators that reach it

- `KSI-MLA-OSM` — Operating SIEM Capability (Monitoring, Logging, and Auditing)
  A Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) or similar system(s) is used and persistently reviewed for centralized, tamper-resistant logging of events, activities, and changes.

## FedRAMP guidance

{
  "guidance": [
    "Follow the FedRAMP Vulnerability Detection and Response and Vulnerability Evaluation and Reporting rules."
  ]
}

## Annual independent assessment

In the annual assessment subset for class C, D.