Azure Security Benchmark
Incident Response

Azure Security Benchmark ASBv3-IR-5: Detection and analysis - prioritize incidents

Give security operations the context to prioritise incidents, combining alert severity with the sensitivity of the affected asset as defined in the incident response plan.

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This control maps to 32 controls across 21 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 4 controls

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • IR-4 Incident Handling
  • RA-9 Criticality Analysis (RA-9)

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • IR-4 Incident Handling
  • RA-9 Criticality Analysis (RA-9)

HIPAA Security Rule · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 2 controls

APRA CPS 234 · 1 control

  • CPS234-20 Information Asset Classification

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • CFTC-SS-16 Security Incident Response Plan and Testing

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-17.9 Establish and Maintain Security Incident Thresholds

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

ISO 22301:2019 · 1 control

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.25 Assessment and decision on information security events

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.25 Assessment and decision on information security events

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.6.1e Establish Security Operations Center (SOC)

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC7.3 CC7.3 Evaluating security events to identify incidents

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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Azure Security Benchmark ASBv3-IR-5 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of Azure Security Benchmark your existing evidence covers. Hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 and 71 of 85 Azure Security Benchmark controls already carry evidence.

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