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IRO-02.5: Correlation with External Organizations

IRO 5 — Medium Respond

Mechanisms exist to coordinate with approved third-parties to achieve a cross-organization perspective on incident awareness and more effective incident responses.

Control Question: Does the organization coordinate with approved third-parties to achieve a cross-organization perspective on incident awareness and more effective incident responses?

General (9)
Framework Mapping Values
GovRAMP High IR-04(08)
NIST 800-53 R4 IR-4(8)
NIST 800-53 R5 (source) IR-4(8)
NIST 800-53 R5 (NOC) (source) IR-4(8)
NIST 800-161 R1 IR-1(1)
NIST CSF 2.0 (source) DE.AE-03 GV.SC-08 RS.CO RS.MA-01
SCF CORE ESP Level 1 Foundational IRO-02.5
SCF CORE ESP Level 2 Critical Infrastructure IRO-02.5
SCF CORE ESP Level 3 Advanced Threats IRO-02.5
US (4)
Framework Mapping Values
US C2M2 2.1 RESPONSE-1.D.MIL3
US FedRAMP R4 IR-4(8)
US FedRAMP R4 (high) IR-4(8)
US IRS 1075 IR-4(8)
EMEA (1)
Framework Mapping Values
EMEA Germany C5 2020 OPS-21
APAC (2)
Framework Mapping Values
APAC India SEBI CSCRF GV.SC.S6 RS.CO.S3 RS.MA.S5
APAC New Zealand NZISM 3.6 7.3.10.C.01
Americas (1)
Framework Mapping Values
Americas Canada CSAG 3.6

Capability Maturity Model

Level 0 — Not Performed

There is no evidence of a capability to coordinate with approved third-parties to achieve a cross-organization perspective on incident awareness and more effective incident responses.

Level 1 — Performed Informally

C|P-CMM1 is N/A, since a structured process is required to coordinate with approved third-parties to achieve a cross-organization perspective on incident awareness and more effective incident responses.

Level 2 — Planned & Tracked

C|P-CMM2 is N/A, since a well-defined process is required to coordinate with approved third-parties to achieve a cross-organization perspective on incident awareness and more effective incident responses.

Level 3 — Well Defined

Incident Response (IR) processes are standardized across the organization and centrally managed, where technically feasible, to ensure consistency. CMM Level 3 control maturity would reasonably expect all, or at least most, the following criteria to exist:

  • An Integrated Security Incident Response Team (ISIRT), or similar function, exists to form an on-demand, scalable and integrated team of formally-assigned cybersecurity, IT, data privacy and business function representatives that can perform coordinated incident response.
  • The ISIRT, or similar function, develops and maintains a documented, program-level Integrated Incident Response Program (IIRP) that provides operational and tactical-level guidance for cybersecurity and data privacy response operations.
  • A Security Operations Center (SOC), or similar function, facilitates incident management operations that includes preparation, detection and analysis, containment, eradication and recovery.
  • Business Process Owners (BPOs), in conjunction with the SOC and ISIRT functions, develop and maintain a documented Incident Response Plan (IRP) specific to the business process / business unit but inclusive of the organization's larger approach to incident response operations.
  • An IT Asset Management (ITAM) function, or similar function, categorizes endpoint devices according to the data the asset stores, transmits and/ or processes and provides that information to the SOC for Incident Response Operations (IRO).
Level 4 — Quantitatively Controlled

See C|P-CMM3. There are no defined C|P-CMM4 criteria, since it is reasonable to assume a quantitatively-controlled process is not necessary to coordinate with approved third-parties to achieve a cross-organization perspective on incident awareness and more effective incident responses.

Level 5 — Continuously Improving

See C|P-CMM4. There are no defined C|P-CMM5 criteria, since it is reasonable to assume a continuously-improving process is not necessary to coordinate with approved third-parties to achieve a cross-organization perspective on incident awareness and more effective incident responses.

Assessment Objectives

  1. IRO-02.5_A01 external organizations with whom organizational incident information is to be coordinated and shared are defined.
  2. IRO-02.5_A02 incident information to be correlated and shared with organization-defined external organizations are defined.
  3. IRO-02.5_A03 there is coordination with external organizations to correlate and share incident information to achieve a cross-organization perspective on incident awareness and more effective incident responses.

Evidence Requirements

E-IRO-01 Incident Response Program (IRP)

Documented evidence of a Incident Response Plan (IRP). This is program-level documentation in the form of a runbook, playbook or a similar format provides guidance on organizational practices that support existing policies and standards.

Incident Response

Technology Recommendations

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