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IRO-12.4: Sensitive / Regulated Data Exposure to Unauthorized Personnel

IRO 8 — High Respond

Mechanisms exist to address security safeguards for personnel exposed to sensitive/regulated data that is not within their assigned access authorizations.

Control Question: Does the organization address security safeguards for personnel exposed to sensitive/regulated data that is not within their assigned access authorizations?

General (5)
Framework Mapping Values
GovRAMP Moderate IR-09(04)
GovRAMP High IR-09(04)
NIST 800-53 R4 IR-9(4)
NIST 800-53 R5 (source) IR-9(4)
NIST 800-53 R5 (NOC) (source) IR-9(4)
US (7)
APAC (2)
Framework Mapping Values
APAC Australia ISM June 2024 ISM-0133
APAC New Zealand NZISM 3.6 7.3.8.C.01 7.3.8.C.02

Capability Maturity Model

Level 0 — Not Performed

There is no evidence of a capability to address security safeguards for personnel exposed to sensitive/regulated data that is not within their assigned access authorizations.

Level 1 — Performed Informally

C|P-CMM1 is N/A, since a structured process is required to address security safeguards for personnel exposed to sensitive/regulated data that is not within their assigned access authorizations.

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).
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 address security safeguards for personnel exposed to sensitive/regulated data that is not within their assigned access authorizations.

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 address security safeguards for personnel exposed to sensitive/regulated data that is not within their assigned access authorizations.

Assessment Objectives

  1. IRO-12.4_A01 controls employed for personnel exposed to information not within assigned access authorizations are defined.
  2. IRO-12.4_A02 controls are employed for personnel exposed to information not within assigned access authorizations.
  3. IRO-12.4_A03 malicious code remaining in the system is analyzed after the incident.
  4. IRO-12.4_A04 other residual artifacts remaining in the system (if any) are analyzed after the incident.

Technology Recommendations

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