NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3
03.06 IR (Incident Response)

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 03.06.03: Incident Response Testing

Test the incident response capability for the system using defined tests at defined frequency to determine effectiveness; document results.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 25 controls across 23 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-A1.3 A1.3 Testing recovery plan procedures
  • SOC2-CC7.5 CC7.5 Recovering from security incidents
  • CPS230-33 Systematic BCP Testing Program

APRA CPS 234 · 1 control

  • CPS234-32 Annual Review and Testing of Response Plans

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-BCM-04 Verification, updating and testing of the business continuity
  • CFTC-SS-16 Security Incident Response Plan and Testing

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-17.7 Conduct Routine Incident Response Exercises

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

FedRAMP High · 1 control

  • IR-3 Incident Response Testing

FedRAMP Moderate · 1 control

  • IR-3 Incident Response Testing

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.24 Information security incident management planning and preparation 

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.27 Learning from information security incidents

NIS2 Directive · 1 control

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.2.2e Practical Exercises in Awareness Training

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 12.10.2 12.10.2 Annual review and testing of the incident response plan

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.

Other controls in 03.06 IR (Incident Response)

You are reading one control. How much of NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 have you already done?

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 03.06.03 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 your existing evidence covers. Hold PCI DSS 4.0 and 69 of 97 NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 controls already carry evidence.

Each report names every control your existing framework evidences, every one it does not, the reasoning behind each claim, and the claims that were argued against and rejected. 0 were rejected on the PCI DSS 4.0 pair alone.

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