# NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 MA-6(2) — Predictive Maintenance - Source: https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/ma-6-2-predictive-maintenance - Section: [Compliance](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance) › [NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 Controls](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5) › MA — Maintenance - Last updated: 2026-06-05 - Publisher: iCompaas, Inc. (https://www.icompaas.com) **NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5**·Control `MA-6(2)`·medium·Component: **Maintenance** ## What this control requires > Using periodic or continuous condition monitoring and statistical process control, this approach predicts equipment condition trends to schedule cost-effective Maintenance before performance degradation, minimizing operational disruptions and enhancing system reliability. This control supports the Predictive Maintenance Tool capability within the Maintenance family. > > — NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, Control MA-6(2) ### In plain English Using periodic or continuous condition monitoring and statistical process control, this approach predicts equipment condition trends to schedule cost-effective Maintenance before performance degradation, minimizing operational disruptions and enhancing system reliability. In practice, this means you can prove you policy management-level controls on a defined cadence. ## Why it matters SP 800-53 is the catalogue every U.S. federal authorisation (FedRAMP, FISMA, CMMC) and most regulated industries point at. A missing control surfaces as a Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M) item that an Authorizing Official must approve before the Authority To Operate is granted or renewed. ## What an auditor looks for A 3PAO (FedRAMP) or Independent Assessor (NIST RMF) tests against NIST SP 800-53A assessment procedures. For each control they expect a documented implementation that addresses every assessment objective (Examine, Interview, Test) and an implementation summary in the System Security Plan. Within **Maintenance**, the assessor will trace your implementation back to the catalogue reference (Control MA-6(2)) and look for objective evidence on the latest two assessment cycles. ## How to implement #### Policy Management **Docs.** Keep each policy in version-controlled Markdown alongside the code that implements it; ship a signed PDF snapshot at each annual review and link the SHA into the SoA. ### Operational checklist - **Policy.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Process.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Maintenance.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **System.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Control.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Scope:** management, system, maintenance, capability, predictive maintenance, policy, performance, tool capability. ## Evidence to collect - **Policy Document.** A signed and version-controlled policy / standard / procedure document. Signed policy or standard documents the safeguard. Focus: Predictive Maintenance. ## Common pitfalls - Policies that no engineer has read; the version in Confluence drifts from the version that's actually being enforced. ## How it maps to other frameworks Computed from shared tags, control component and key-operation subjects — handy when you are reconciling controls across an audit. - [**NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3 3.7.1** — Recategorized as NCO.](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-171-rev-3/3-7-1-recategorized-as-nco) - [**SOC 2 (2017 TSC) CC4.1** — Control Monitoring](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria/cc4-1-control-monitoring) - [**ISO/IEC 27001:2022 A.7.13** — Equipment maintenance](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022/a-7-13-equipment-maintenance) - [**HIPAA (45 CFR Part 164) 164.308(a)(5)(i)** — Security Awareness and Training](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/hipaa/164-308-a-5-i-security-awareness-and-training) - [**BSI C5:2020 SP-01** — Documentation, communication and provision of policies and instructions](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/bsi-c5-2020/sp-01-documentation-communication-and-provision-of-policies-and-instructions) ## Related controls in NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 - [**Control MA-6(3)** — Automated Support For Predictive Maintenance](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/ma-6-3-automated-support-for-predictive-maintenance) - [**Control MA-7** — Field Maintenance](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/ma-7-field-maintenance) - [**Control MA-2(2)** — Automated Maintenance Activities](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/ma-2-2-automated-maintenance-activities) - [**Control MA-5** — Maintenance Personnel](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/ma-5-maintenance-personnel) - [**Control MA-6** — Timely Maintenance](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/ma-6-timely-maintenance) - [**Control MA-6(1)** — Preventive Maintenance](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/ma-6-1-preventive-maintenance) ## References - [NIST Computer Security Resource Center — NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5](https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/risk-management/sp800-53-controls) - Catalogue identifier: `Control MA-6(2)` Topics: governance riskcontinuous monitoringpolicy management ## Related compliance guidance - [NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5: a practical implementation guide for cloud teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5): Start with the full NIST SP 800-53 implementation guide — scope, roadmap, evidence and how the assessment runs. - [NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC: a practical guide to protecting CUI in the cloud](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-171-rev-3): If your obligation is protecting CUI in your own systems for a federal or defence contract, this derived subset — not the full catalogue — is the requirement. - [SOC 2 compliance: a practical implementation guide for cloud-native SaaS teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria): Most commercial SaaS already hold a SOC 2 Type 2, and FedRAMP 20x Class A is designed for providers that have one.