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title: Inherit from a common control
description: After you have created a common control, you can identify other controls that can inherit protection and compliance from that common control.
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product: Continuous Risk Monitoring
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [RMF step 2 - Select controls for an authorization package, Use, Continuous Authorization and Monitoring, Governance, Risk, and Compliance]
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# Inherit from a common control

After you have created a common control, you can identify other controls that can inherit protection and compliance from that common control.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_irm\_cont\_auth.system\_owner, sn\_irm\_cont\_auth.info\_system\_sec\_officer, sn\_irm\_cont\_auth.info\_system\_sec\_manager

## About this task

Consider this scenario. You and I are system owners. You own hundreds of servers and I own the facility in which they are installed. Based on the impact level of your authorization package, NIST recommends that you implement a given number of controls to protect your servers. However, you do not possess the means to implement two of them:

-   Fire protection
-   Visitor access control

You are aware that the facility has a fire suppression system, fire alarms, and smoke detectors. You also know that the facility has doors protected by a badge system. So you decide to inherit the protection in those controls from me, as well as the compliance. As long as I am compliant in terms of those controls, you are also compliant.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Continuous Authorization & Monitoring** > **All Authorization Packages**.

2.  Open an authorization package in the Select state.

3.  Select a control that you want to inherit from a common control.

4.  Select **Inherit from Common Control**.

5.  Select the common control you want to inherit protections from and select **Confirm**.

    The Inherited Controls related list now shows the control objective and the common control from which it is inheriting protection and compliance.

    \[Omitted image "inherited-control.png"\] Alt text: Inherited Controls