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IRO-05.1: Simulated Incidents

IRO 5 — Medium Respond

Mechanisms exist to incorporate simulated events into incident response training to facilitate effective response by personnel in crisis situations.

Control Question: Does the organization incorporate simulated events into incident response training to facilitate effective response by personnel in crisis situations?

General (9)
Framework Mapping Values
CSA CCM 4 SEF-04
GovRAMP High IR-02(01)
NIST 800-53 R4 IR-2(1)
NIST 800-53 R4 (high) IR-2(1)
NIST 800-53 R5 (source) IR-2(1)
NIST 800-53B R5 (high) (source) IR-2(1)
NIST 800-82 R3 HIGH OT Overlay IR-2(1)
SCF CORE ESP Level 2 Critical Infrastructure IRO-05.1
SCF CORE ESP Level 3 Advanced Threats IRO-05.1
US (6)
Framework Mapping Values
US DHS CISA TIC 3.0 3.UNL.STEXE
US FedRAMP R4 IR-2(1)
US FedRAMP R4 (high) IR-2(1)
US FedRAMP R5 (source) IR-2(1)
US FedRAMP R5 (high) (source) IR-2(1)
US IRS 1075 IR-2(1)
Americas (1)
Framework Mapping Values
Americas Canada CSAG 2.8

Capability Maturity Model

Level 0 — Not Performed

There is no evidence of a capability to incorporate simulated events into incident response training to facilitate effective response by personnel in crisis situations.

Level 1 — Performed Informally

C|P-CMM1 is N/A, since a structured process is required to incorporate simulated events into incident response training to facilitate effective response by personnel in crisis situations.

Level 2 — Planned & Tracked

Incident Response (IRO) efforts are requirements-driven and governed at a local/regional level, but are not consistent across the organization. CMM Level 2 control maturity would reasonably expect all, or at least most, the following criteria to exist: o Identify cybersecurity and data protection controls that are appropriate to address applicable statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements for incident response operations. o Implement and maintain an incident response capability using a documented and tested Incident Response Plan (IRP) to facilitate incident management operations that cover preparation, detection and analysis, containment, eradication and recovery.

  • Incident response operations are decentralized (e.g., a localized/regionalized function) and uses non-standardized methods to implement secure, resilient and compliant practices.
  • IT/cybersecurity personnel:
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).
  • Administrative processes and technologies exist to coordinate incident response testing with organizational elements responsible for related plans.
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 incorporate simulated events into incident response training to facilitate effective response by personnel in crisis situations.

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 incorporate simulated events into incident response training to facilitate effective response by personnel in crisis situations.

Assessment Objectives

  1. IRO-05.1_A01 simulated events are incorporated into incident response training to facilitate the required response by personnel in crisis situations.

Technology Recommendations

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