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Automated Incident Handling Processes

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Support the incident handling process using [automated mechanisms].

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Automated mechanisms that support incident handling processes include online incident management systems and tools that support the collection of live response data, full network packet capture, and forensic analysis.

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-4(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 support the incident handling process are defined;
  2. the incident handling process is supported using <IR-04(01)_ODP automated mechanisms>.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Incident response policy; procedures addressing incident handling; automated mechanisms supporting incident handling; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; system audit records; incident response plan; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

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

Test

[SELECT FROM: Automated mechanisms that support and/or implement the incident handling process].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control IR-4 — see the IR-4(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

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)

MODERATE

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (1)

HIGH

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (1) (4) (11)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for IR-4(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
  • incident response plan
  • system security plan

Configuration

  • system design documentation
  • system configuration settings and associated documentation

Testing

  • Automated mechanisms that support and/or implement the incident handling process

Other Records

  • procedures addressing incident handling
  • automated mechanisms supporting incident handling
  • system audit records
  • other relevant documents or records