Cyber Posture

NIST 800-53 r5 · Controls catalogue · Family PM

PM-6Measures of Performance

Develop, monitor, and report on the results of information security and privacy measures of performance.

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-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption3,324Performance metrics and monitoring inherently track resource consumption patterns, making uncontrolled consumption easier to detect and mitigate.
CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling1,979Measures of performance include tracking allocation behavior and throttling effectiveness, reducing the window for resource exhaustion attacks.
CWE-693Protection Mechanism Failure476Ongoing measurement and reporting of security control performance provides visibility into protection mechanism failures, enabling timely remediation.
CWE-778Insufficient Logging23Developing and monitoring security performance measures requires systematic collection and analysis of control effectiveness data, directly reducing insufficient logging.
CWE-390Detection of Error Condition Without Action14Reporting on security performance measures requires confirming that detected error conditions trigger appropriate actions rather than being ignored.

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