Control: The organization tracks and documents information system security incidents.
Supplemental Guidance: Documenting information system security incidents includes, for example, maintaining records about each incident, the status of the incident, and other pertinent information necessary for forensics, evaluating incident details, trends, and handling. Incident information can be obtained from a variety of sources including, for example, incident reports, incident response teams, audit monitoring, network monitoring, physical access monitoring, and user/administrator reports. Related controls: AU-6, IR-8, PE-6, SC-5, SC-7, SI-3, SI-4, SI-7.
Control Enhancements:
incident monitoring | automated tracking / data collection / analysis
The organization employs automated mechanisms to assist in the tracking of security incidents and in the collection and analysis of incident information.
Supplemental Guidance: Automated mechanisms for tracking security incidents and collecting/analyzing incident information include, for example, the Einstein network monitoring device and monitoring online Computer Incident Response Centers (CIRCs) or other electronic databases of incidents. Related controls: AU-7, IR-4.
Requires personnel to report suspected security incidents to the organizational incident response capability within [Assignment: organization-defined time period]; and
Reports security incident information to [Assignment: organization-defined authorities].
Supplemental Guidance: The intent of this control is to address both specific incident reporting requirements within an organization and the formal incident reporting requirements for federal agencies and their subordinate organizations. Suspected security incidents include, for example, the receipt of suspicious email communications that can potentially contain malicious code. The types of security incidents reported, the content and timeliness of the reports, and the designated reporting authorities reflect applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidance. Current federal policy requires that all federal agencies (unless specifically exempted from such requirements) report security incidents to the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) within specified time frames designated in the US-CERT Concept of Operations for Federal Cyber Security Incident Handling. Related controls: IR-4, IR-5, IR-8.
The organization employs automated mechanisms to assist in the reporting of security incidents.
Supplemental Guidance: Related control: IR-7.
incident reporting | vulnerabilities related to incidents
The organization reports information system vulnerabilities associated with reported security incidents to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles].
incident reporting | coordination with supply chain
The organization provides security incident information to other organizations involved in the supply chain for information systems or information system components related to the incident.
Supplemental Guidance: Organizations involved in supply chain activities include, for example, system/product developers, integrators, manufacturers, packagers, assemblers, distributors, vendors, and resellers. Supply chain incidents include, for example, compromises/breaches involving information system components, information technology products, development processes or personnel, and distribution processes or warehousing facilities. Organizations determine the appropriate information to share considering the value gained from support by external organizations with the potential for harm due to sensitive information being released to outside organizations of perhaps questionable trustworthiness.
References: NIST Special Publication 800-61; Web: http://www.us-cert.gov.
