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Incident Triage

What is Incident Triage?

The initial assessment and prioritization of security incidents based on severity, impact, and urgency to determine appropriate response actions.

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What the standards actually require on incident triage

Requirements naming incident triage across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.

Operate incident triage and categorisation per NATO incident severity matrix (Cat I to Cat V) aligned with NCIRC reporting taxonomy.

NATO-NCIRC-5 · Incident Triage, Response, and Rapid Reaction Teams →

The team describes its triage: report assessment (interpreting incoming reports, prioritising them and relating them to ongoing incidents and trends) and verification (helping determine whether an incident really occurred and its scope).

rfc-2350-expectations-for-computer-security-incident-response-bcp-21::3.5.1.1 · 3.5.1.1 Incident triage →

A data loss prevention strategy and approach are formally established to spot and stop sensitive data leaving the organization's network and controls, whether on purpose or by mistake, using directive, preventive and detective controls over data in use, in mot...

edm-council-cdmc-cloud-data-management-capability-framework::4.1.4 · 4.1.4 A Data Loss Prevention program is established →

Questions people ask about incident triage

What is Incident Triage?
The initial assessment and prioritization of security incidents based on severity, impact, and urgency to determine appropriate response actions.
Why is Incident Triage important for compliance?
Incident Triage is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding incident triage 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 Triage?
Incident Triage appears in the requirement text of NATO Cyber Defence Policy and NATO Computer Incident Response Capability (NCIRC), RFC 2350 - Expectations for Computer Security Incident Response (BCP 21), EDM Council CDMC - Cloud Data Management Capability Framework. Across these standards we have identified 3 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Incident Triage?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how incident triage 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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