RA-5 · Risk Assessment · NIST SP 800-53 Rev5
RA-5: Systems are scanned for vulnerabilities and findings are remediated on a schedule
How NIST SP 800-53 Rev5 control RA-5 (Risk Assessment) maps to FedRAMP 20x Key Security Indicators, and the evidence scm.cc collects for it.
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What RA-5 requires
Systems are scanned for vulnerabilities and findings are remediated on a schedule.
Paraphrased from NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 — Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations (checked 2026-10-31). scm.cc does not reproduce the official control text; read the NIST catalog for the normative wording.
FedRAMP 20x KSIs that cover RA-5
These Key Security Indicators officially cite RA-5 as a related SP 800-53 control, so satisfying them is how a 20x package demonstrates this control.
KSI-IAM-ELP — Ensuring Least Privilege
Identity and Access Management · official related-control citation: ra-5.5
KSI-IAM-JIT — Authorizing Just-in-Time
Identity and Access Management · official related-control citation: ra-5.5
KSI-IAM-SNU — Securing Non-User Authentication
Identity and Access Management · official related-control citation: ra-5.5
KSI-INR-RPI — Reviewing Past Incidents
Incident Response · official related-control citation: ra-5.8
KSI-MLA-RVL — Reviewing Logs
Monitoring, Logging, and Auditing · official related-control citation: ra-5.8
KSI-PIY-RVD — Reviewing Vulnerability Disclosures
Policy and Inventory · official related-control citation: ra-5.11
KSI-SCR-MON — Monitoring Supply Chain Risk
Supply Chain Risk · official related-control citation: ra-5
Evidence scm.cc collects for RA-5
scm.cc can collect this evidence automatically from a connected live system route and replay it, so a reviewer can re-run the check rather than trust a screenshot.
Related Risk Assessment controls
- RA-3 — Risk assessments identify threats to and vulnerabilities of the system