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Incident Response

What is Incident Response?

The organised approach to addressing and managing a security breach or cyberattack. Includes preparation, identification, containment, eradication, recovery, and lessons learned.

Information Security

Related terms

SIEM (Security Information and Event Management)

Frameworks that govern incident response

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0View framework →ISO 27001:2022View framework →

What the standards actually require on incident response

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

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 525 controls

Coordinate incident response testing with organizational elements responsible for related plans.

NIST800-IR-3(2) · IR-3(2) Incident Response Testing | Coordination with Related Plans →
NIST SP 800-61 Rev. 321 controls

CSF 2.0 outcome: improvements are identified from evaluations. Priority Medium. R1: periodically evaluate the performance of the incident response program to find problems and deficiencies to correct.

nist-sp-800-61-rev-3::ID.IM-01 · ID.IM-01 Incident response program periodically evaluated →
API 116419 controls

The plan must require that the IAC incident response plan is put into action as soon as an IAC cyber incident is formally declared.

api-1164::RS.RP-1 · RS.RP-1 Incident response plan activated on official declaration →
FBI CJIS Security Policy17 controls

Increase the availability of incident response information and support through automated mechanisms.

fbi-cjis-security-policy::IR-7(1) · IR-7(1) Incident Response Assistance | Automation Support for Availability of Information and Support →
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 HIGH15 controls

Coordinate incident response testing with organizational elements responsible for related plans.

nist-sp-800-53-revision-5-1-high::IR-3(2) · IR-3(2) Incident Response Testing | Coordination with Related Plans →
HKMA Cyber Resilience Assessment Framework (C-RAF)13 controls

Intermediate control principles for governance and preparation of incident response and recovery (required, with baseline, of an AI whose inherent risk is medium).

hkma-cyber-resilience-assessment-framework-c-raf::5.1.I · 5.1 Governance and preparation of incident response and recovery: intermediate level →

Questions people ask about incident response

What is Incident Response?
The organised approach to addressing and managing a security breach or cyberattack. Includes preparation, identification, containment, eradication, recovery, and lessons learned.
Why is Incident Response important for compliance?
Incident Response is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding incident response 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.
What concepts are related to Incident Response?
Key concepts related to Incident Response include SIEM (Security Information and Event Management). Understanding these interconnected concepts provides a more comprehensive view of Information Security requirements and helps organizations build holistic compliance programs.
Which compliance frameworks address Incident Response?
Incident Response appears in the requirement text of NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, NIST SP 800-61 Rev. 3, API 1164, FBI CJIS Security Policy, NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 HIGH. Across these standards we have identified 110 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Incident Response?
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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.