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Incident Response Plan

Statement

Develop an incident response plan that: Provides the organization with a roadmap for implementing its incident response capability; Describes the structure and organization of the incident response capability; Provides a high-level approach for how the incident response capability fits into the overall organization; Meets the unique requirements of the organization, which relate to mission, size, structure, and functions; Defines reportable incidents; Provides metrics for measuring the incident response capability within the organization; Defines the resources and management support needed to effectively maintain and mature an incident response capability; Addresses the sharing of incident information; Is reviewed and approved by personnel or roles frequency ; and Explicitly designates responsibility for incident response to entities, personnel, or roles. Distribute copies of the incident response plan to incident response personnel; Update the incident response plan to address system and organizational changes or problems encountered during plan implementation, execution, or testing; Communicate incident response plan changes to personnel or roles; frequency; entities, personnel, or roles; incident response personnel; organizational elements ; and Protect the incident response plan from unauthorized disclosure and modification.

Location

Control Family
Incident Response

Control Details

Identifier
SP800-53-IR-8
Family
IR

Organisation-Defined Parameters

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personnel or roles
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frequency
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entities, personnel, or roles
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incident response personnel
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organizational elements
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incident response personnel
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organizational elements

Supplemental Guidance

It is important that organizations develop and implement a coordinated approach to incident response. Organizational mission and business functions determine the structure of incident response capabilities. As part of the incident response capabilities, organizations consider the coordination and sharing of information with external organizations, including external service providers and other organizations involved in the supply chain. For incidents involving personally identifiable information (i.e., breaches), include a process to determine whether notice to oversight organizations or affected individuals is appropriate and provide that notice accordingly.

Assessment Objective

an incident response plan is developed that provides the organization with a roadmap for implementing its incident response capability; an incident response plan is developed that describes the structure and organization of the incident response capability; an incident response plan is developed that provides a high-level approach for how the incident response capability fits into the overall organization; an incident response plan is developed that meets the unique requirements of the organization with regard to mission, size, structure, and functions; an incident response plan is developed that defines reportable incidents; an incident response plan is developed that provides metrics for measuring the incident response capability within the organization; an incident response plan is developed that defines the resources and management support needed to effectively maintain and mature an incident response capability; an incident response plan is developed that addresses the sharing of incident information; an incident response plan is developed that is reviewed and approved by personnel or roles frequency; an incident response plan is developed that explicitly designates responsibility for incident response to entities, personnel, or roles. copies of the incident response plan are distributed to incident response personnel; copies of the incident response plan are distributed to organizational elements; the incident response plan is updated to address system and organizational changes or problems encountered during plan implementation, execution, or testing; incident response plan changes are communicated to incident response personnel; incident response plan changes are communicated to organizational elements; the incident response plan is protected from unauthorized disclosure; the incident response plan is protected from unauthorized modification.

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Incident Response42 controls
SP800-53-IR-1Policy and ProceduresSP800-53-IR-2Incident Response TrainingSP800-53-IR-2(1)Simulated EventsSP800-53-IR-2(2)Automated Training EnvironmentsSP800-53-IR-2(3)BreachSP800-53-IR-3Incident Response TestingSP800-53-IR-3(1)Automated TestingSP800-53-IR-3(2)Coordination with Related PlansSP800-53-IR-3(3)Continuous ImprovementSP800-53-IR-4Incident HandlingSP800-53-IR-4(1)Automated Incident Handling ProcessesSP800-53-IR-4(2)Dynamic ReconfigurationSP800-53-IR-4(3)Continuity of OperationsSP800-53-IR-4(4)Information CorrelationSP800-53-IR-4(5)Automatic Disabling of SystemSP800-53-IR-4(6)Insider ThreatsSP800-53-IR-4(7)Insider Threats — Intra-organization CoordinationSP800-53-IR-4(8)Correlation with External OrganizationsSP800-53-IR-4(9)Dynamic Response CapabilitySP800-53-IR-4(10)Supply Chain CoordinationSP800-53-IR-4(11)Integrated Incident Response TeamSP800-53-IR-4(12)Malicious Code and Forensic AnalysisSP800-53-IR-4(13)Behavior AnalysisSP800-53-IR-4(14)Security Operations CenterSP800-53-IR-4(15)Public Relations and Reputation RepairSP800-53-IR-5Incident MonitoringSP800-53-IR-5(1)Automated Tracking, Data Collection, and AnalysisSP800-53-IR-6Incident ReportingSP800-53-IR-6(1)Automated ReportingSP800-53-IR-6(2)Vulnerabilities Related to IncidentsSP800-53-IR-6(3)Supply Chain CoordinationSP800-53-IR-7Incident Response AssistanceSP800-53-IR-7(1)Automation Support for Availability of Information and SupportSP800-53-IR-7(2)Coordination with External ProvidersSP800-53-IR-8Incident Response PlanSP800-53-IR-8(1)BreachesSP800-53-IR-9Information Spillage ResponseSP800-53-IR-9(1)Responsible PersonnelSP800-53-IR-9(2)TrainingSP800-53-IR-9(3)Post-spill OperationsSP800-53-IR-9(4)Exposure to Unauthorized PersonnelSP800-53-IR-10Integrated Information Security Analysis Team