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Incident Containment

What is Incident Containment?

Actions taken to limit the scope and impact of a security incident, such as isolating affected systems, blocking malicious traffic, or disabling compromised accounts.

Information Security

Frameworks that govern incident containment

ISO 27001:2022View framework →NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0View framework →CIS Controls v8View framework →

What the standards actually require on incident containment

Requirements naming incident containment across 2 standards, quoted from the control text.

NIST SP 800-82 Rev 31 control

Contain OT incidents using pre-authorised actions (network isolation, switching to manual control, safe state procedures) that balance security with safety and continuity of operations.

OT-IR-3 · OT Incident Containment and Eradication →
API 11641 control

The plan must require that the incident response plan includes incident containment processes and escalation processes that promptly engage the management level able to authorise the steps needed to contain an incident, and that containment actions feed lesson...

api-1164::RS.MI-1 · RS.MI-1 Containment processes with escalation to authorising management →

Questions people ask about incident containment

What is Incident Containment?
Actions taken to limit the scope and impact of a security incident, such as isolating affected systems, blocking malicious traffic, or disabling compromised accounts.
Why is Incident Containment important for compliance?
Incident Containment is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding incident containment 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 Incident Containment?
Incident Containment appears in the requirement text of NIST SP 800-82 Rev 3, API 1164. Across these standards we have identified 2 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Incident Containment?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how incident containment 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.

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