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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 →

Detect outcome: develop, put in place and practise the activities needed to find a cyber incident in good time, with measures that detect unintended activity on computer based systems and identify an incident promptly.

imo-maritime-cybersecurity-guidelines-msc-fal-1-circ-3-rev-4::3.5.4 · 3.5.4 Detect: timely detection of cyber incidents →

Incident reporting is increasingly a regulatory or contractual duty toward flag and coastal states, customers, vendors and others, with deadlines from immediate to about two weeks, so the response plan should carry an appendix of the company's specific reporti...

bimco-cyber-security::10.7 · Reporting of 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 →

Advanced control principles for cyber incident detection (required, with baseline and intermediate, of an AI whose inherent risk is high). Automated tools detect unauthorised changes to critical system files, firewalls, IPS, IDS and other security devices;

hkma-cyber-resilience-assessment-framework-c-raf::4.3.A · 4.3 Cyber incident detection: advanced level →

Under the Foundational expectations of Principle 12, managing agents tell Lloyd's and the LMA about any significant data breach or cyber incident no later than 72 hours after it occurs.

lloyd-s-minimum-standards-cyber-security::P12.R1 · Report significant cyber incidents and data breaches to Lloyd's and the LMA within 72 hours →

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 1,016 frameworks with 316K 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), IMO Maritime Cybersecurity Guidelines (MSC-FAL.1/Circ.3/Rev.4), BIMCO Cyber Security, DFARS 252.204-7012 - Safeguarding Covered Defense Information, HKMA Cyber Resilience Assessment Framework (C-RAF). Across these standards we have identified 49 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 1,016 frameworks.

See how Cyber Incident applies across compliance frameworks

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