# SI-07 Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity — NIST 800-53 Rev5 control

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

Canonical id: `si-7` · family `SI`

> a. Employ integrity verification tools to detect unauthorized changes to the following software, firmware, and information: [organization-defined software, firmware, and information]; and b. Take the following actions when unauthorized changes to the software, firmware, and information are detected: [organization-defined actions].

_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-SVC-VRI` — Validating Resource Integrity (Service Configuration)
  Use cryptographic methods to validate the integrity of machine-based information resources.

## FedRAMP guidance

_No FedRAMP-specific guidance attaches to this control._

## Annual independent assessment

In the annual assessment subset for class C, D.