AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar
Incident Response

AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar SEC10-BP07: Run simulations

Conduct regular game days and tabletop exercises for credential compromise, ransomware and data breach scenarios to test plans, tools and team readiness.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 35 controls across 20 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

FedRAMP High · 4 controls

  • CA-8(2) Penetration Testing | Red Team Exercises. Employ the following red-team exercises to simulate attempts by adversaries to compromise organizational systems in accordance with applicable rules of engagement: [Assignment: organization-defined red team exercises]
  • IR-2 Incident Response Training
  • IR-3 Incident Response Testing
  • IR-3(2) Incident Response Testing | Coordination with Related Plans. Coordinate incident response testing with organizational elements responsible for related plans

FedRAMP Moderate · 4 controls

  • CA-8(2) Penetration Testing | Red Team Exercises. Employ the following red-team exercises to simulate attempts by adversaries to compromise organizational systems in accordance with applicable rules of engagement: [Assignment: organization-defined red team exercises]
  • IR-2 Incident Response Training
  • IR-3 Incident Response Testing
  • IR-3(2) Incident Response Testing | Coordination with Related Plans. Coordinate incident response testing with organizational elements responsible for related plans

Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 · 2 controls

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.24 Information security incident management planning and preparation
  • 5.30 ICT readiness for business continuity

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.26 Response to information security incidents
  • 5.27 Learning from information security incidents

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 MODERATE · 2 controls

  • IR-2 Incident Response Training
  • IR-3 Incident Response Testing

NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5.1 HIGH · 2 controls

  • IR-2 Incident Response Training
  • IR-3 Incident Response Testing

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 12.10.2 IRP reviewed and tested annually
  • 12.10.4 Incident responder training

Australia Consumer Data Right - Banking (CDR) · 1 control

Azure Security Benchmark · 1 control

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-17.7 Conduct Routine Incident Response Exercises

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 1 control

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 LOW · 1 control

  • IR-2 Incident Response Training

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 1 control

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-A1.3 Recovery plan procedures support system recovery from failures

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

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AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar SEC10-BP07 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar your existing evidence covers. Hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 and 52 of 63 AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar controls already carry evidence.

If you hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 582.5% covered · 11 gapsIf you hold Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.174.6% covered · 16 gapsIf you hold ISO 27002:202273% covered · 17 gapsIf you hold FedRAMP Moderate69.8% covered · 19 gapsIf you hold Azure Security Benchmark65.1% covered · 22 gapsIf you hold PCI DSS 4.063.5% covered · 23 gaps

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