Track, document, and report incidents to designated authorities
Incident Response · NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2
Requirement
Track, document, and report incidents to designated officials and/or authorities both internal and external to the organization.
Discussion
Tracking and documenting system security incidents includes maintaining records about each incident, the status of the incident, and other pertinent information necessary for forensics, evaluating incident details, trends, and handling. Incident information can be obtained from a variety of sources including incident reports, incident response teams, audit monitoring, network monitoring, physical access monitoring, and user/administrator reports. Reporting incidents addresses specific incident
How this affects your SPRS score
Under the DoD Assessment Methodology, a perfect SPRS score is 110. If this control is not met, 5 points is subtracted from your score.
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