Criticality Critical Active

Regulatory & External Incident Notification

Establishes regulatory and external notification including regulatory assessment, notification approval, regulatory reporting, customer notification, third-party notification, law enforcement coordination, documentation, review, and continuous improvement.

Control ID
INC-007
Domain Code
INC
Control Nature
Corrective
Business Owner
Incident Response Lead / General Counsel
Category
Operational
Compensating Control
No

Control Overview

INC-007 · Full Control Profile
Business Description

Establish and maintain processes to assess, approve, document, and report cybersecurity incidents to regulators, law enforcement, customers, partners, and other external stakeholders where required.

Business Objective

Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, contractual, and industry-specific incident notification obligations.

Business Benefits

    Business Risks if Missing

      Stakeholders, Industries & Technologies

      INC-007 · Operating Context

      Primary Stakeholders

      Applicable Industries

      Applicable Technologies

      Mapped Regulatory & Industry Frameworks

      Harmonized Framework Mappings

      The following compliance and regulatory frameworks map directly to this control's governance scope.

      FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DESCRIPTION FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
      CERT-IN CERT-In Directions The CERT-In Directions issued under India’s Inform...
      India
      Direction
      		 v2022 View →
      COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f...
      COBIT
      Governance Framework
      		 v2019 View →
      DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis...
      EU
      Regulation
      		 vCurrent View →
      GDPR General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin...
      EU
      Regulation
      		 vCurrent View →
      IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements...
      India
      Guideline
      		 vLatest View →
      ISO22301 ISO/IEC 22301 ISO 22301 specifies requirements for a Business Co...
      ISO
      Standard
      		 v2019 View →
      ISO27001 ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for...
      ISO
      Standard
      		 v2022 View →
      NIS2 NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri...
      EU
      Directive
      		 vCurrent View →
      NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev...
      NIST
      Framework
      		 v2 View →
      NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i...
      NIST
      Control Catalog
      		 vRev. 5 View →
      NPCI-ISR NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont...
      India
      Standard
      		 vLatest View →
      PCI-DSS PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine...
      PCI
      Standard
      		 v4 View →
      RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set...
      India
      Regulation
      		 vLatest View →
      SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor...
      India
      Regulation
      		 vLatest View →
      SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting...
      AICPA
      Audit Framework
      		 vLatest View →
      HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA is a U.S. federal law supported by implement...
      US
      Law
      		 vCurrent View →

      Parent Domain Context

      Governance Domain Baseline
      Domain Name:
      Incident Management (INC)
      Purpose:
      To effectively detect, respond to, and recover from security and privacy incidents.
      Scope:
      Enterprise
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      Compliance Requirements & Audit Crosswalk

      10 Specific Audit Clauses

      The following requirements dictate specific audit evidence criteria and testing steps mapped directly under this control.

      REQUIREMENT ID REQUIREMENT TITLE & DETAILS MAPPED CONTROL TYPICAL OWNER ACTION
      INC-007-R001 Notification Framework The organization shall establish a regul... INC-007 Regulatory & External Incident... Compliance, Legal, CISO, Incident Response, Privacy, Regulatory Affairs View ↗
      INC-007-R002 Regulatory Assessment The organization shall conduct regulator... INC-007 Regulatory & External Incident... Compliance, Legal, CISO, Incident Response, Privacy, Regulatory Affairs View ↗
      INC-007-R003 Notification Approval The organization shall approve regulator... INC-007 Regulatory & External Incident... Compliance, Legal, CISO, Incident Response, Privacy, Regulatory Affairs View ↗
      INC-007-R004 Regulatory Reporting The organization shall submit regulatory... INC-007 Regulatory & External Incident... Compliance, Legal, CISO, Incident Response, Privacy, Regulatory Affairs View ↗
      INC-007-R005 Customer Notification The organization shall notify customers... INC-007 Regulatory & External Incident... Compliance, Legal, CISO, Incident Response, Privacy, Regulatory Affairs View ↗
      INC-007-R006 Third-Party Notification The organization shall notify third part... INC-007 Regulatory & External Incident... Compliance, Legal, CISO, Incident Response, Privacy, Regulatory Affairs View ↗
      INC-007-R007 Law Enforcement Coordination The organization shall coordinate with l... INC-007 Regulatory & External Incident... Compliance, Legal, CISO, Incident Response, Privacy, Regulatory Affairs View ↗
      INC-007-R008 Notification Documentation The organization shall maintain comprehe... INC-007 Regulatory & External Incident... Compliance, Legal, CISO, Incident Response, Privacy, Regulatory Affairs View ↗
      INC-007-R009 Notification Review The organization shall conduct periodic... INC-007 Regulatory & External Incident... Compliance, Legal, CISO, Incident Response, Privacy, Regulatory Affairs View ↗
      INC-007-R010 Continuous Improvement The organization shall establish a conti... INC-007 Regulatory & External Incident... Compliance, Legal, CISO, Incident Response, Privacy, Regulatory Affairs View ↗