Cyber Posture

NIST 800-53 r5 · Controls catalogue · Family PM

PM-8Critical Infrastructure Plan

Address information security and privacy issues in the development, documentation, and updating of a critical infrastructure and key resources protection plan.

Last updated: 09 May 2026 03:25 UTC

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ATT&CK techniques this control mitigates (0)

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 Actor10,204Privacy provisions in the plan reduce the chance that sensitive data held by critical infrastructure is left exposed to unauthorized actors.
CWE-284Improper Access Control4,832A CIKR protection plan that explicitly addresses information security requires defining and enforcing access control policies on critical systems and resources.
CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical Function2,567Protection planning for critical infrastructure directly calls for authentication of access to essential functions before any operation is permitted.
CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource1,824The control requires correct permission assignments on critical resources as part of the documented CIKR security and privacy protections.
CWE-285Improper Authorization1,230The plan mandates documented authorization rules and checks to govern who can perform actions on key infrastructure components.

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