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Automated Response

What is Automated Response?

Pre-configured actions that are automatically triggered when specific security events or conditions are detected, reducing response time.

Information Security

What the standards actually require on automated response

Requirements naming automated response across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.

FedRAMP High1 control

Automatically shut down, restart, or implement FedRAMP-defined safeguards when integrity violations discovered; HIGH only.

SI-7(5) · Automated Response to Integrity Violations

Deploy Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Azure VMs with continuous monitoring, alerting, and automated response.

ES-1 · Use Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Questions people ask about automated response

What is Automated Response?
Pre-configured actions that are automatically triggered when specific security events or conditions are detected, reducing response time.
Why is Automated Response important for compliance?
Automated Response is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding automated response helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Automated Response?
Automated Response appears in the requirement text of FedRAMP High, Azure Security Benchmark, Japan FSA Cybersecurity Guidelines for Financial Institutions. Across these standards we have identified 3 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Automated Response?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how automated response applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Automated Response applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.