# MA-6 — Timely Maintenance

- **Control ID:** MA-6
- **Family:** [MA](/md/families/MA.md)
- **Baselines:** moderate, high
- **Enhancement of:** No content available.

## Description

Obtain maintenance support and/or spare parts for \[assignment\] within \[assignment\] of failure.

## Discussion

Organizations specify the system components that result in increased risk to organizational operations and assets, individuals, other organizations, or the Nation when the functionality provided by those components is not operational. Organizational actions to obtain maintenance support include having appropriate contracts in place.

## Implementation guidance

No content available.

## CSF 2.0 subcategories

- [ID.AM-08](/md/csf/ID.AM-08.md) — Systems, hardware, software, services, and data are managed throughout their life cycles

## Related controls

- [CM-8](/md/controls/CM-8.md)
- [CP-2](/md/controls/CP-2.md)
- [CP-7](/md/controls/CP-7.md)
- [RA-7](/md/controls/RA-7.md)
- [SA-15](/md/controls/SA-15.md)
- [SI-13](/md/controls/SI-13.md)
- [SR-2](/md/controls/SR-2.md)
- [SR-3](/md/controls/SR-3.md)
- [SR-4](/md/controls/SR-4.md)

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