Export in OSCAL format

  • Release version: Zurich
  • Updated July 31, 2025
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  • Continuous Authorization and Monitoring supports the Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL) used by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that provides control-related information in standardized machine-readable formats. CAM supports Catalog, Profile, System Security Plan (SSP), and Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) models.

    Source tables to fetch data for the models

    The following table identifies which CAM tables provide data for each Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL) JSON property during export operations.
    Source table JSON property
    Catalog
    Control objective controls
    Control Objective to Control objective requirement statements parts
    Test template to Assessment procedure assessment objective parts
    Control Objective guidance
    Test Template Assessment-method (Examine)
    Test Template Assessment-method (Interview)
    Profile
    Baseline Control Include-controls
    Baseline Control Exclude-controls
    SSP
    Authorization boundary components
    Authorization package leveraged-authorization
    Authorization boundary security-impact-level
    Control requirement statements
    Authorization boundary by-components
    Information type Information-types
    For step-by-step instructions on exporting each OSCAL model, see the following topics: