# NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 SI-7(2) — Automated Notifications Of Integrity Violations - Source: https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/si-7-2-automated-notifications-of-integrity-violations - 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) › SI — System and Information Integrity - Last updated: 2026-06-05 - Publisher: iCompaas, Inc. (https://www.icompaas.com) **NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5**·Control `SI-7(2)`·high·Component: **System and Information Integrity** ## What this control requires > Use automated tools to notify organization-defined personnel or roles immediately when discrepancies are found during integrity verification. These notifications are critical for timely risk response and ensuring system and information integrity. This control supports the Automated Notification Tools capability within the System and Information Integrity family. > > — NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, Control SI-7(2) ### In plain English Use automated tools to notify organization-defined personnel or roles immediately when discrepancies are found during integrity verification. In practice, this means you can prove you access 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. This control is rated **high**. Auditors expect a named owner, a remediation SLA, and a tooling artefact that evidences continuous operation. ## 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 **System and Information Integrity**, the assessor will trace your implementation back to the catalogue reference (Control SI-7(2)) and look for objective evidence on the latest two assessment cycles. ## How to implement 1. Write a short policy stating intent, scope and named owner. 2. Encode it as a platform guardrail — SCP, Azure Policy initiative, Organisation Policy, or repository policy. 3. Wire a monitoring signal that catches drift (CSPM rule, SIEM rule, scheduled query, Workspace alert) and ticket it. 4. Review on a documented cadence and capture the review in the risk register or compliance tracker. ### Operational checklist - **Access.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Information.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Review.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Notification.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Response.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Scope:** management, information, organization, system, personnel, notification, identity, review. ## Evidence to collect - **Identity Scan.** IAM / IdP exports — Entra ID, Okta, IAM Identity Center, Workspace directory — showing accounts, roles, MFA state and last sign-in. Identity analytics (Okta, SailPoint, Access Analyzer) demonstrates least-privilege. Focus: Automated Notifications Of Integrity Violations. ## 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 3.15.2** — System Security Plan](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-171-rev-3/3-15-2-system-security-plan) - [**CIS Controls v8 9.2** — Use DNS Filtering Services](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/cis-controls-v8/9-2-use-dns-filtering-services) - [**ISO/IEC 27001:2022 A.5.2** — Information security roles and responsibilities](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022/a-5-2-information-security-roles-and-responsibilities) - [**ISO/IEC 27701:2025 A.3.8** — Identity management](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27701-2025/a-3-8-identity-management) ## Related controls in NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 - [**Control PE-14(2)** — Monitoring With Alarms And Notifications](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/pe-14-2-monitoring-with-alarms-and-notifications) - [**Control SI-21** — Information Refresh](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/si-21-information-refresh) - [**Control SI-4(20)** — Privileged Users](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/si-4-20-privileged-users) - [**Control SI-10(4)** — Timing Interactions](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/si-10-4-timing-interactions) - [**Control IR-9** — Information Spillage Response](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/ir-9-information-spillage-response) - [**Control IA-5(16)** — In-Person Or Trusted External Party Authenticator Issuance](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/ia-5-16-in-person-or-trusted-external-party-authenticator-issuance) ## 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 SI-7(2)` Topics: identity accessidentity managementaccess reviewprivileged access ## 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.