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NIST 800-171 · Incident Response

Requirement 3.6.2

SPRS weight
SPRS weight: 5
POA&M eligibility
Not POA&M-eligible
Assessment objectives
6 assessment objectives

Official requirement text

Track, document, and report incidents to designated officials and/or authorities both internal and external to the organization.

Assessment objectives

Assessors don’t evaluate the requirement as one sentence; they walk these objectives one by one. Each must be met for the requirement to score.

  1. 3.6.2[a]incidents are tracked.
  2. 3.6.2[b]incidents are documented.
  3. 3.6.2[c]authorities to whom incidents are to be reported are identified.
  4. 3.6.2[d]organizational officials to whom incidents are to be reported are identified.
  5. 3.6.2[e]identified authorities are notified of incidents.
  6. 3.6.2[f]identified organizational officials are notified of incidents.

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