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Cyber Incident

What is Cyber Incident?

An event that actually or imminently jeopardizes the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of information or information systems.

Information Security

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as cyber incident. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on cyber incident

Requirements naming cyber incident across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

A covered entity that experiences a covered cyber incident must report it to CISA not later than 72 hours after the entity reasonably believes the incident has occurred.

CIRCIA-2242a1 · 72-Hour Covered Cyber Incident Report

Investigating cyber incidents. The company should investigate cyber incidents to determine root cause and inform improvements, preserving evidence where appropriate.

BIMCO-10.5 · Investigating cyber incidents

If DoD elects to conduct a damage assessment, the Contracting Officer will request that the Contractor provide all of the damage assessment information gathered in accordance with the media preservation paragraph.

DFARS-7012-g · Cyber incident damage assessment activities

The entity must be able to detect, respond to and report cyber security incidents affecting its systems, including reporting to Defence and the ACSC as required.

DISP-ICT-INCIDENT · Cyber incident detection and response

Questions people ask about cyber incident

What is Cyber Incident?
An event that actually or imminently jeopardizes the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of information or information systems.
Why is Cyber Incident important for compliance?
Cyber Incident is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding cyber incident 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 Cyber Incident?
Cyber Incident appears in the requirement text of CIRCIA (Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act), BIMCO Cyber Security, DFARS 252.204-7012 - Safeguarding Covered Defense Information, Japan FSA Cybersecurity Guidelines for Financial Institutions, US Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) and USCG Cybersecurity Requirements. Across these standards we have identified 36 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Cyber Incident?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how cyber incident 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 Cyber Incident applies across compliance frameworks

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