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Automated Testing

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Test the incident response capability using [automated mechanisms].

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Organizations use automated mechanisms to more thoroughly and effectively test incident response capabilities. This can be accomplished by providing more complete coverage of incident response issues, selecting realistic test scenarios and environments, and stressing the response capability.

Implementation Guidance

Engineering Interpretation

Original engineering commentary written for this explorer — not NIST source text and not authoritative guidance.

No engineering interpretation has been authored for IR-3(1) yet. This section is architected to receive it — see the Requirements and Assessment sections above for the authoritative NIST source content in the meantime.

Assessment

NIST SP 800-53A REV 5.2.0

Assessment Objectives

  1. automated mechanisms used to test the incident response capability are defined;
  2. the incident response capability is tested using <IR-03(01)_ODP automated mechanisms>.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Incident response policy; contingency planning policy; procedures addressing incident response testing; procedures addressing contingency plan testing; incident response testing documentation; incident response test results; incident response test plan; incident response plan; contingency plan; system security plan; automated mechanisms supporting incident response tests; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with incident response testing responsibilities; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Automated mechanisms that more thoroughly and effectively test the incident response capability].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control IR-3 — see the IR-3(1) entries within each baseline below.

OT/ICS Overlay SP 800-82r3

NIST SP 800-82r3 Appendix F, Table 22. Blank baseline means the control/control enhancement is not selected in that initial OT baseline.

LOW

Not applicable at this tier.

MODERATE

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (2)

HIGH

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (2)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for IR-3(1). This section is architected to display, per product: STIG ID, Finding ID, Severity, Title, Description, Check, Fix, CCI, and NIST control mapping — but nothing is populated here until a real DISA STIG/CCI dataset is ingested.

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Evidence

Potential Evidence — Derived

Categorized from the SP 800-53A "Examine"/"Test" artifact list above by keyword — not an authoritative NIST evidence list.

Policy

  • Incident response policy
  • contingency planning policy
  • procedures addressing contingency plan testing
  • incident response test plan
  • incident response plan
  • contingency plan
  • system security plan

Testing

  • Automated mechanisms that more thoroughly and effectively test the incident response capability

Other Records

  • procedures addressing incident response testing
  • incident response testing documentation
  • incident response test results
  • automated mechanisms supporting incident response tests
  • other relevant documents or records