Skip to content

Incident Reporting

What is Incident Reporting?

The formal documentation and communication of security incidents to management, regulators, and other stakeholders as required by policy and regulation.

Information Security

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

What the standards actually require on incident reporting

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

Ghana CSA Incident Reporting + National CERT-GH (Part IV of Act 1038). 24-HOUR INCIDENT REPORTING REQUIREMENT (Sec.41): CII owners must report cybersecurity incidents to CSA Ghana within 24 HOURS of incident DISCOVERY;

GhCSA-Incident-Reporting-CERT-GH · Cybersecurity Incident Reporting (24-Hour to CSA) and National CERT-GH Engagement

Require vendors and suppliers to notify of incidents that may affect the organization.

CPG-6.A · Vendor and Supplier Incident Reporting

When the Contractor discovers a cyber incident affecting a covered contractor information system, the covered defense information residing therein, or its ability to perform operationally critical support, it shall conduct a review for evidence of compromise a...

DFARS-7012-c · Cyber incident reporting (72-hour rapid report)

Article 44 establishes the CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT REPORTING regime for NCCS in-scope entities. Significant cybersecurity incidents (defined in Article 44(2) by reference to impact on cross-border electricity flows) must be reported to the ECCA + the EECCG with...

NCCS-Art.44_45_46 · Cybersecurity incident reporting (NCCS Articles 44-46)

Questions people ask about incident reporting

What is Incident Reporting?
The formal documentation and communication of security incidents to management, regulators, and other stakeholders as required by policy and regulation.
Why is Incident Reporting important for compliance?
Incident Reporting is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding incident reporting 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 Incident Reporting?
Incident Reporting appears in the requirement text of Japan AI Guidelines, Ghana Cybersecurity Act, CISA Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPG) 2.0, India CERT-In Cyber Security Directions 2022, DFARS 252.204-7012 - Safeguarding Covered Defense Information. Across these standards we have identified 21 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Incident Reporting?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how incident reporting 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 Incident Reporting 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.