Cyber Posture

NIST 800-53 r5 · Controls catalogue · Family PM

PM-11Mission and Business Process Definition

Define organizational mission and business processes with consideration for information security and privacy and the resulting risk to organizational operations, organizational assets, individuals, other organizations, and the Nation; and Determine information protection and personally identifiable information processing needs arising from the defined mission and business processes; and Review and revise the mission and business processes {{ insert: param, pm-11_odp }}.

Last updated: 09 May 2026 03:25 UTC

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Weaknesses this control addresses (5)AI

CWEs ranked by how often they appear in real CVEs. The rationale describes how this control reduces exploitability of each weakness class.

CWE Name CVEs Why this control addresses it
CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor10,204Explicitly requires identifying protection needs for sensitive information during process definition, making exposure to unauthorized actors less likely through better process design.
CWE-284Improper Access Control4,832Requires explicit consideration of information security risks when defining processes, which tangibly drives proper access control requirements into those processes.
CWE-285Improper Authorization1,230By determining authorization and protection needs arising from business processes, the control reduces improper authorization weaknesses in how operations are structured.
CWE-693Protection Mechanism Failure476Mandates determining protection needs from defined processes, reducing the likelihood that protection mechanisms are omitted or ineffective by design.
CWE-657Violation of Secure Design Principles19Directly requires incorporating security and privacy considerations into the definition of mission/business processes, preventing violations of secure design principles at the organizational level.

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