FedRAMP Moderate
IR - Incident Response

FedRAMP Moderate IR-8: Incident Response Plan

Develop and implement IRP; review and update annually; distribute.

Maintained by Gerard BlokdykVerified against the published standard Control text last updated

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This control maps to 61 controls across 32 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

CIS Controls v8 · 8 controls

  • CIS-17.1 Designate Personnel to Manage Incident Handling
  • CIS-17.3 Establish and Maintain an Enterprise Process for Reporting Incidents
  • CIS-17.4 Establish and Maintain an Incident Response Process
  • CIS-17.5 Assign Key Roles and Responsibilities
  • CIS-17.6 Define Mechanisms for Communicating During Incident Response
  • CIS-17.7 Conduct Routine Incident Response Exercises
  • CIS-17.8 Conduct Post-Incident Reviews
  • CIS-17.9 Establish and Maintain Security Incident Thresholds
  • NIST-CSF-DE.AE-08 Incidents are declared when adverse events meet the defined incident criteria
  • NIST-CSF-ID.IM-04 Incident response plans and other cybersecurity plans that affect operations are established, communicated, maintained, and improved
  • NIST-CSF-RS.MA-01 The incident response plan is executed in coordination with relevant third parties once an incident is declared
  • NIST-CSF-RS.MA-03 Incidents are categorized and prioritized

SOC 2 · 4 controls

  • SOC2-CC2.2 CC2.2 Internal communication of objectives and control responsibilities (COSO principle 14)
  • SOC2-CC7.3 CC7.3 Evaluating security events to identify incidents
  • SOC2-CC7.4 CC7.4 Responding to security incidents
  • SOC2-CC7.5 CC7.5 Recovering from security incidents

APRA CPS 234 · 3 controls

  • CPS234-32 Annual Review and Testing of Response Plans
  • CPS234-P24 Information Security Response Plans
  • CPS234-P25 Response Plan Content and Escalation Mechanisms
  • SEC10-BP01 Identify key personnel and external resources
  • SEC10-BP02 Develop incident management plans
  • SEC10-BP04 Develop and test security incident response playbooks

PCI DSS 4.0 · 3 controls

  • 12.10.1 12.10.1 Incident response plan ready for activation
  • 12.10.2 12.10.2 Annual review and testing of the incident response plan
  • 12.10.5 12.10.5 Plan covers alerts from security monitoring systems

C5 (Germany) · 2 controls

  • C5-OPS-21 Involvement of Cloud Customers in the Event of Incidents
  • C5-SIM-01 Policy for security incident management

DORA · 2 controls

ISO 22301:2019 · 2 controls

  • 8.4.2 Response structure
  • 8.4.4 Business continuity plans

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.24 Information security incident management planning and preparation 
  • 5.26 Response to information security incidents

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.24 Information security incident management planning and preparation
  • 5.26 Response to information security incidents

NIS2 Directive · 2 controls

  • Art.21.2.b Incident handling
  • Art.23.1 Notify significant incidents to the CSIRT or competent authority, and warn affected service recipients

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

  • ANSSI-HYG-40 Define a Security Incident Management Procedure

APPI · 1 control

  • APPI-A26 Report of Leakage to the Commission and Notification to the Person
  • CPS230-27 Identification and Escalation of Incidents and Near Misses
  • ASBv3-IR-1 Preparation - update incident response plan and handling process
  • CFTC-SS-16 Security Incident Response Plan and Testing

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

GDPR · 1 control

  • GDPR-Art.33 Notification of a personal data breach to the supervisory authority

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.13.1 Management of information security incidents and improvements

ISO/IEC 42001:2023 · 1 control

  • A.8.4 Communication of incidents
  • IR-8 IR-8 Incident Response Plan
  • IR-8 IR-8 Incident Response Plan
  • IR-8 IR-8 Incident Response Plan

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