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Automated Reporting

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Report incidents using [automated mechanisms].

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

The recipients of incident reports are specified in IR-6b . Automated reporting mechanisms include email, posting on websites (with automatic updates), and automated incident response tools and programs.

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-6(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 for reporting incidents are defined;
  2. incidents are reported using <IR-06(01)_ODP automated mechanisms>.

Examine

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

Interview

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

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for incident reporting; automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the reporting of security incidents].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control IR-6 — see the IR-6(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) (3)

HIGH

  • Base control: Included (matches standard baseline)
  • Included: (1) (3)

STIGs & CCIs

No STIG checks or CCI mappings are currently loaded for IR-6(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.

Learn more about STIG/CCI integration →

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

  • Organizational processes for incident reporting
  • automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing the reporting of security incidents

Other Records

  • procedures addressing incident reporting
  • automated mechanisms supporting incident reporting
  • other relevant documents or records