IR-8 Incident Response Plan

a. Develop an incident response plan that: 1. Provides the organization with a roadmap for implementing its incident response capability; 2. Describes the structure and organization of the incident response capability; 3. Provides a high-level approach for how the incident response capability fits into the overall organization; 4. Meets the unique requirements of the organization, which relate to mission, size, structure, and functions; 5. Defines reportable incidents; 6. Provides metrics for measuring the incident response capability within the organization; 7. Defines the resources and management support needed to effectively maintain and mature an incident response capability; 8. Addresses the sharing of incident information; 9. Is reviewed and approved by organization-defined personnel or roles organization-defined frequency; and 10. Explicitly designates responsibility for incident response to organization-defined entities, personnel, or roles. b. Distribute copies of the incident response plan to organization-defined incident response personnel (identified by name and/or by role) and organizational elements; c. Update the incident response plan to address system and organizational changes or problems encountered during plan implementation, execution, or testing; d. Communicate incident response plan changes to organization-defined incident response personnel (identified by name and/or by role) and organizational elements; and e. Protect the incident response plan from unauthorized disclosure and modification.

Source: NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, IR-8. The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 in the compliance library.

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