IR.L2-3.6.2 Incident Reporting
Track, document, and report incidents to designated officials and/or authorities both internal and external to the organization.
Source: NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2 3.6.2
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 reporting requirements within an organization and the formal incident reporting requirements for the organization. Suspected security incidents may also be reported and include the receipt of suspicious email communications that can potentially contain malicious code. The types of security incidents reported, the content and timeliness of the reports, and the designated reporting authorities reflect applicable laws, Executive Orders, directives, regulations, and policies. [SP 800-61] provides guidance on incident handling.
Assessment Objectives:
Determine if:
- [a] incidents are tracked;
- [b] incidents are documented;
- [c] authorities to whom incidents are to be reported are identified;
- [d] organizational officials to whom incidents are to be reported are identified;
- [e] identified authorities are notified of incidents; and
- [f] identified organizational officials are notified of incidents.
Examine: [SELECT FROM: Incident response policy; procedures addressing incident monitoring; incident response records and documentation; procedures addressing incident reporting; incident reporting records and documentation; incident response plan; security plan; other relevant documents or records].
Interview: [SELECT FROM: Personnel with incident monitoring responsibilities; personnel with incident reporting responsibilities; personnel who have or should have reported incidents; personnel (authorities) to whom incident information is to be reported; personnel with information security responsibilities].
Test: [SELECT FROM: Incident monitoring capability for the organization; mechanisms supporting or implementing tracking and documenting of system security incidents; organizational processes for incident reporting; mechanisms supporting or implementing incident reporting].
SPRS Score: 5
POA&M Allowed: No