Incident Response Framework (APP-011-R001) - APP-011

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Requirement ID

APP-011-R001

Parent Control

APP-011

Domain Code

APP

Requirement Details & Guidance

APP-011-R001 · APP-011

Why This Requirement Exists

Security risk must be understood before deployment so material vulnerabilities are not introduced into production without informed decisions.

Implementation Guidance

Perform risk assessments for applications and significant releases, define security acceptance criteria, document residual risk, and require appropriate approval for unresolved high-risk issues.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

APP-011-R001 · Field Guidance

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Common Audit Findings

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Best Practices & Ownership

APP-011 · Recommended Approach

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Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

Harmonized Control Mappings

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(x) – Attacks on Application such as E-Governance, E-Commerce etc.	India Direction	v2022	View →
COBIT2019	COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.2 – Align, Plan and Organize (APO) > APO13 – Managed Security > APO13.02 – Define and manage an information security and privacy risk treatment plan.	COBIT Governance Framework	v2019	View →
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 17(3)(f) – ICT incident response procedures and timely secure service restoration	EU Regulation	vCurrent	View →
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	vCurrent	View →
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	vCurrent	View →
IRDAI	IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.10-3.4 – Management of IS Incidents and Improvement	India Guideline	vLatest	View →
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	v2019	View →
ISO27002	ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a... Clause: 8.26 – Application security requirements	ISO Standard	v2022	View →
NIS2	NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri... Clause: Article 21(2)(b) – Incident handling	EU Directive	vCurrent	View →
NIST-CSF	NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: PR.PS – Platform Security \| PR.PS-06 – Secure software development practices are integrated, and their performance is monitored throughout the software development life cycle PR.PS – Platform Security \| PR.PS-01 – Configuration management practices are established and applied DE.CM – Continuous Monitoring \| DE.CM-09 – Computing hardware and software, runtime environments, and their data are monitored to find potentially adverse events	NIST Framework	v2	View →
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-6 – INCIDENT REPORTING	NIST Control Catalog	vRev. 5	View →
NPCI-ISR	NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont... Clause: Security Measures / Controls; Application Security Life Cycle	India Standard	vLatest	View →
PCI-DSS	PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine... Clause: 6.1.1 – All security policies and operational procedures that are identified in Requirement 6 are documented, kept up to date, in use, and known to all affected parties.; 6.2.1 – Bespoke and custom software are developed	PCI Standard	v4	View →
RBI-CSF	RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 19) Incident Response & Management – 19.2 Written incident-response procedures, roles, scenarios, situational awareness and stakeholder coordination; 19) Incident Response & Management – 19.3 Lessons learned incorporated to improve response strategies	India Regulation	vLatest	View →
SEBI-CSCRF	SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 5.1 RS.MA: Incident Management; 5.3 RS.AN: Incident Analysis; 5.4 RS.IM: Improvements	India Regulation	vLatest	View →
SOC2	SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: CC7.3 – System Operations – The entity evaluates security events to determine whether they could or have resulted in a failure of the entity to meet its objectives (security incidents) and, if so, takes actions to prevent or address such failures. 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. CC7.5 – System Operations – The entity identifies, develops, and implements activities to recover from identified security incidents.	AICPA Audit Framework	vLatest	View →

Parent Domain Context

Governance Domain Baseline

Domain Name:

Application Security (APP)

Purpose:

To ensure the security of internally developed and acquired applications.

Scope:

Enterprise

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Parent Control Context

Control Baseline

Control Name:

Application Security Incident Response (APP-011)

Summary:

Establishes application security incident response including detection, investigation, containment, recovery, root cause analysis, reporting, lessons learned, review, and continuous improvement.

Business Description:

Establish and maintain processes to detect, investigate, contain, recover, and learn from application security incidents throughout the application lifecycle.

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