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name: framework-financial-services-controls-cm-6.1
title: CM-6 (1) -  Automated Management, Application, and Verification
description: 'Manage, apply, and verify configuration settings for _[Assignment: organization-defined system components]_ using _[Assignment: organization-defined automated mechanisms]_.'
last-updated: 2026-08-26
---

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# CM-6 (1) -  Automated Management, Application, and Verification
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## Control requirements
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### CM-6 (1) - 0
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Manage, apply, and verify configuration settings for _[Assignment: organization-defined system components]_ using _[Assignment: organization-defined automated mechanisms]_.












## NIST supplemental guidance
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Automated tools (e.g., hardening tools, baseline configuration tools) can improve the accuracy, consistency, and availability of configuration settings information. Automation can also provide data aggregation and data correlation capabilities, alerting mechanisms, and dashboards to support risk-based decision-making within the organization.