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Automated Trend Analyses

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Compare the results of multiple vulnerability scans using [automated mechanisms].

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Using automated mechanisms to analyze multiple vulnerability scans over time can help determine trends in system vulnerabilities and identify patterns of attack.

Implementation Guidance

Engineering Interpretation

Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.

No engineering interpretation has been authored for RA-5(6) yet. This section is architected to receive it — see the Requirements and Assessment sections above for the authoritative NIST source content in the meantime.

Assessment

NIST SP 800-53A REV 5.2.0

Assessment Objectives

  1. automated mechanisms to compare the results of multiple vulnerability scans are defined;
  2. the results of multiple vulnerability scans are compared using <RA-05(06)_ODP automated mechanisms>.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Risk assessment policy; procedures addressing vulnerability scanning; system design documentation; vulnerability scanning tools and techniques documentation; vulnerability scanning results; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with vulnerability scanning responsibilities; organizational personnel with vulnerability scan analysis responsibilities; organizational personnel with security responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for vulnerability scanning; automated mechanisms/tools supporting and/or implementing vulnerability scanning; automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing trend analysis of vulnerability scan results].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control RA-5 — see the RA-5(6) entries within each baseline below.

OT/ICS Overlay SP 800-82r3

NIST SP 800-82r3 Appendix F, Table 22. Blank baseline means the control/control enhancement is not selected in that initial OT baseline.

LOW

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (2) (11)

MODERATE

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (2) (5) (11)

HIGH

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (2) (4) (5) (11)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for RA-5(6). This section is architected to display, per product: STIG ID, Finding ID, Severity, Title, Description, Check, Fix, CCI, and NIST control mapping — but nothing is populated here until a real DISA STIG/CCI dataset is ingested.

Learn more about STIG/CCI integration →

Evidence

Potential Evidence — Derived

Categorized from the SP 800-53A "Examine"/"Test" artifact list above by keyword — not an authoritative NIST evidence list.

Policy

  • Risk assessment policy
  • system security plan

Configuration

  • system design documentation

Testing

  • Organizational processes for vulnerability scanning
  • automated mechanisms/tools supporting and/or implementing vulnerability scanning
  • automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing trend analysis of vulnerability scan results

Other Records

  • procedures addressing vulnerability scanning
  • vulnerability scanning tools and techniques documentation
  • vulnerability scanning results
  • other relevant documents or records