Incident Classification
What is Incident Classification?
The process of categorizing security incidents by type, severity, and impact to ensure appropriate response procedures and resource allocation.
Terms that appear alongside incident classification
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as incident classification. The number is how many controls name both.
- incident response 6 shared controls
- cybersecurity 6 shared controls
- lessons learned 6 shared controls
- nist 5 shared controls
- disruption 5 shared controls
- incident response team 5 shared controls
- security incident 5 shared controls
- computer security incident 5 shared controls
Frameworks that govern incident classification
What the standards actually require on incident classification
Requirements naming incident classification across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Classify and prioritize the incident based on type, severity, and potential business impact
PICERL-I3 · Incident Classification →Incident Response capability is critical per FSA Cybersecurity Guidelines. (1) Incident Response Plan: (a) Documented IR Plan + per FFIEC IT Examination Handbook reference; (b) ISO/IEC 27035 Information Security Incident Management;
JP-FSA-CYB-Incident-Response-Playbooks-Containment-Eradication-Recovery-Post-Mortem-Tabletop-CSIRT · Japan FSA Cybersecurity Incident Response + Playbooks + Containment + Eradication + Recovery + Post-Mortem + Tabletop Exercises + CSIRT + FSA Notification + Customer Communication + Forensics + Lessons Learned →Safety (Anzen 安全) is the second of 10 Principles per Japan AI Guidelines for Business + significantly extended by establishment of the Japan AI Safety Institute (AISI 日本AIセーフティ・インスティテュート) on 14 February 2024.
JP-AIG-Safety-Validation-Testing-Robustness-AISI-AI-Safety-Institute-Pre-Deployment-Evaluation-Red-Teaming · Japan AI Guidelines Safety + Validation + Testing + Robustness + AISI AI Safety Institute (14 Feb 2024) + Pre-Deployment Evaluation + Red Teaming + Capability Evaluations + AI Incident Database + Safe Deployment + AI Safety Reports →Kuwait NCF Respond and Recover functions. Incident Response and Reporting: documented Incident Response Plan + Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) + 24/7 incident hotline + Incident classification (severity + impact + urgency) + Triage + Containme...
KNCF-Respond-Incident-Response-Reporting-Recover-Business-Continuity-Cyber-Resilience-NCSC-Notification · Kuwait NCF Respond + Incident Response + Reporting + Recover + BC + Cyber Resilience + NCSC →Lloyds MS11.8 Cyber Incident Response and Reporting - documented Incident Response Plan + Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) + 24/7 incident hotline + Incident classification matrix (severity + impact + urgency) + Triage + Containment + Eradicati...
LLOYDS-MS11-Cyber-Incident-Response-Reporting-Business-Continuity-Cyber-Recovery-MS11-8-9-PRA-Operational-Resilience · Lloyds MS11 Incident Response + Reporting + Business Continuity + Recovery + MS11.8-9 →Implement Incident Management + Business Continuity + Cloud Service Customer Data Protection per MTCS SS 584. Incident Management (ISO 27001 Annex A.16 + ISO 27035) - incident response plan + 24x7 SOC + Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) + incide...
MTCS-Incident-Business-Continuity-CSC-Data-Protection-72-Hour-Notification-BCP-DR-PDPA · MTCS Incident + Business Continuity + CSC Data Protection + 72-Hour Notification + BCP + DR + PDPA →Questions people ask about incident classification
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