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Automation Support for Availability of Information and Support

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Requirements NIST SOURCE

Increase the availability of incident response information and support using [automated mechanisms].

Discussion (NIST Supplemental Guidance)

Automated mechanisms can provide a push or pull capability for users to obtain incident response assistance. For example, individuals may have access to a website to query the assistance capability, or the assistance capability can proactively send incident response information to users (general distribution or targeted) as part of increasing understanding of current response capabilities and support.

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-7(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 increase the availability of incident response information and support are defined;
  2. the availability of incident response information and support is increased using <IR-07(01)_ODP automated mechanisms>.

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Incident response policy; procedures addressing incident response assistance; automated mechanisms supporting incident response support and assistance; 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 response support and assistance responsibilities; organizational personnel with access to incident response support and assistance capability; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Organizational processes for incident response assistance; automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing an increase in the availability of incident response information and support].

Overlays

Showing the OT/ICS overlay for the parent control IR-7 — see the IR-7(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)

STIGs & CCIs

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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

  • Organizational processes for incident response assistance
  • automated mechanisms supporting and/or implementing an increase in the availability of incident response information and support

Other Records

  • procedures addressing incident response assistance
  • automated mechanisms supporting incident response support and assistance
  • other relevant documents or records