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: 20 August 2026 13:14 UTC
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Weaknesses this control addresses (5)AI-assisted
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-400 | Uncontrolled Resource Consumption | 3,800+ | Performance metrics and monitoring inherently track resource consumption patterns, making uncontrolled consumption easier to detect and mitigate. |
CWE-770 | Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling | 2,400+ | Measures of performance include tracking allocation behavior and throttling effectiveness, reducing the window for resource exhaustion attacks. |
CWE-693 | Protection Mechanism Failure | 700+ | Ongoing measurement and reporting of security control performance provides visibility into protection mechanism failures, enabling timely remediation. |
CWE-778 | Insufficient Logging | 28 | Developing and monitoring security performance measures requires systematic collection and analysis of control effectiveness data, directly reducing insufficient logging. |
CWE-390 | Detection of Error Condition Without Action | 20 | Reporting on security performance measures requires confirming that detected error conditions trigger appropriate actions rather than being ignored. |
Top CVEs where this control is the strongest mitigation
| CVE | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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