Azure Security Benchmark
Incident Response

Azure Security Benchmark ASBv3-IR-6: Containment, eradication and recovery - automate the incident handling

Automate manual and repetitive incident handling tasks to shorten response time, increase the number of incidents an analyst can handle and reduce the error rate that comes with fatigue.

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This control maps to 31 controls across 19 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

  • IR-4 Incident Handling
  • IR-4(1) Automated Incident Handling Processes
  • IR-7(1) Incident Response Assistance | Automation Support for Availability of Information and Support (IR-7(1))
  • SI-7(7) Integration of Detection and Response

FedRAMP Moderate · 4 controls

  • IR-4 Incident Handling
  • IR-4(1) Automated Incident Handling Processes
  • IR-7(1) Incident Response Assistance | Automation Support for Availability of Information and Support (IR-7(1))
  • SI-7(7) Integration of Detection and Response
  • ASD37-28 Continuous incident detection and response (Excellent)
  • ASD37-30 Endpoint detection and response (Very Good)
  • ASD37-36 System recovery capabilities (Very Good)

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-CC7.4 CC7.4 Responding to security incidents
  • SOC2-CC7.5 CC7.5 Recovering from security incidents

APRA CPS 234 · 1 control

  • CPS234-30 Detection and Response Mechanisms

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

  • CCM-SEF-02 Service Management Policy and Procedures

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.26 Response to information security incidents

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.26 Response to information security incidents

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.6.2e Establish and Maintain a Cyber Incident Response Team

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 10.7.3 10.7.3 Respond promptly to critical security control failures

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