This requirement exists to categorize incidents consistently according to type, severity, and impact and to ensure security incidents are handled consistently, promptly, and with clear accountability.
Establish a documented process for categorize incidents consistently according to type, severity, and impact. Define accountable roles, inputs and outputs, decision criteria, approval or escalation points, timeframes where applicable, evidence requirements, monitoring, reporting, review, and exception handling. Integrate the process with security operations, risk management, business continuity, legal, compliance, communications, and technology operations as appropriate.
| FRAMEWORK CODE | FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS | FAMILY / CATEGORY | VERSION | ACTION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CERT-IN | CERT-In Directions The CERT-In Directions issued under India’s Inform... Clause: Annexure I – Types of cyber security incidents mandatorily reportable to CERT-In |
India
Direction
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| CIS-V8 | CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit... Clause: Control 17 – Incident Response Management: 17.9 – Establish and Maintain Security Incident Thresholds |
CIS
Best Practice
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vv8 | View → |
| COBIT2019 | COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.4 – Deliver, Service and Support (DSS) > DSS02 – Managed Service Requests and Incidents > DSS02.01 – Define classification schemes for incidents and 4.4 – Deliver, Service and Support (DSS) > DSS05 – Managed Security Services > DSS05.07 – Manage vulnerabilities and monitor the infrastructure for |
COBIT
Governance Framework
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| DORA | Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 17(1) – ICT-related incident management process to detect, manage and notify incidents Article 11(2)(b) – Response and resolution of ICT-related incidents and prioritisation of recovery Article 11(2)(c) – Containment measures and response/recovery procedures for ICT incidents |
EU
Regulation
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| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin... Clause: Article 32(1) – Security of processing; Article 33(1) – Notification of a personal data breach to the supervisory authority; Article 34(1) – Communication of a personal data breach to the data subject |
EU
Regulation
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| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA is a U.S. federal law supported by implement... Clause: § 164.308(a)(12) Standard: Security incident procedures |
US
Law
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vCurrent | View → |
| IRDAI | IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.10-3.2 – Incident recording and classification |
India
Guideline
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| ISO22301 | ISO/IEC 22301 ISO 22301 specifies requirements for a Business Co... Clause: 8.4.1 – General; 8.4.2 – Response structure; 8.4.5 – Recovery |
ISO
Standard
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| NIS2 | NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri... Clause: Article 21(2)(b) – Incident handling |
EU
Directive
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vCurrent | View → |
| NIST-CSF | NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: RS.MA – Incident Management | RS.MA-03 – Incidents are categorized and prioritized |
NIST
Framework
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| NIST80053 | NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.8 – INCIDENT RESPONSE; IR-4 – INCIDENT HANDLING, IR-5 – INCIDENT MONITORING |
NIST
Control Catalog
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| NPCI-ISR | NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont... Clause: Security Measures / Controls; Incident Management – Investigating |
India
Standard
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| PCI-DSS | PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine... Clause: 12.10.1 – An incident response plan exists and is; 12.10.2 – At least once every 12 months, the security; 12.10.3 – Specific personnel are designated to be; 12.10.4 – Personnel responsible for responding to; 12.10.5 – The security incident response plan; 12.10.6 – The security incident response plan is; 12.10.7 – Incident response procedures are in place, |
PCI
Standard
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| RBI-CSF | RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 19) Incident Response & Management – 19.1 Board/Top Management-approved incident response programme; 19) Incident Response & Management – 19.2 Written incident-response procedures, roles, scenarios, situational awareness and stakeholder coordination |
India
Regulation
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| SEBI-CSCRF | SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 5.1 RS.MA: Incident Management; 5.2 RS.CO: Incident Response Reporting and Communication |
India
Regulation
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| SOC2 | SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: CC7.4 – System Operations – The entity responds to identified security incidents by executing a defined incident-response program to understand, contain, remediate, and communicate security incidents, as appropriate. |
AICPA
Audit Framework
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