ID.IM-02: Improvements are identified from security tests and exercises, including those done in coordination with suppliers and relevant third parties
Subcategory is new to this version of the framework and incorporates the following items from the previous version: ID.SC-5: Response and recovery planning and testing are conducted with suppliers and third-party providers, PR.IP-10: Response and recovery plans are tested, DE.DP-3: Detection processes are tested.
Description
[csf.tools Note: Subcategories do not have detailed descriptions. However NIST has provided the following implementation examples.]
Implementation Examples
1st: 1st Party Risk
3rd: 3rd Party Risk
Ex1: Identify improvements for future incident response activities based on findings from incident response assessments (e.g., tabletop exercises and simulations, tests, internal reviews, independent audits)
Ex2: Identify improvements for future business continuity, disaster recovery, and incident response activities based on exercises performed in coordination with critical service providers and product suppliers
Ex3: Involve internal stakeholders (e.g., senior executives, legal department, HR) in security tests and exercises as appropriate
Ex4: Perform penetration testing to identify opportunities to improve the security posture of selected high-risk systems as approved by leadership
Ex5: Exercise contingency plans for responding to and recovering from the discovery that products or services did not originate with the contracted supplier or partner or were altered before receipt
Ex6: Collect and analyze performance metrics using security tools and services to inform improvements to the cybersecurity program
Related Controls
NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 5.2.0
AC-1: Policy and Procedures
Develop, document, and disseminate to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles]: [Assignment (one or more): organization-level, mission/business process-level, system-level] access control policy that: Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and Procedures to facilitate the implementation…
AT-1: Policy and Procedures
Develop, document, and disseminate to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles]: [Assignment (one or more): organization-level, mission/business process-level, system-level] awareness and training policy that: Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and Procedures to facilitate the…
AU-1: Policy and Procedures
Develop, document, and disseminate to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles]: [Assignment (one or more): organization-level, mission/business process-level, system-level] audit and accountability policy that: Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and Procedures to facilitate the…
CA-1: Policy and Procedures
Develop, document, and disseminate to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles]: [Assignment (one or more): organization-level, mission/business process-level, system-level] assessment, authorization, and monitoring policy that: Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and Procedures to facilitate…
CA-2: Control Assessments
Select the appropriate assessor or assessment team for the type of assessment to be conducted; Develop a control assessment plan that describes the scope of the assessment including: Controls and control enhancements under assessment; Assessment procedures to be used to determine control effectiveness; and Assessment environment, assessment team, and assessment roles and responsibilities; Ensure the…
CA-5: Plan of Action and Milestones
Develop a plan of action and milestones for the system to document the planned remediation actions of the organization to correct weaknesses or deficiencies noted during the assessment of the controls and to reduce or eliminate known vulnerabilities in the system; and Update existing plan of action and milestones [Assignment: organization-defined frequency] based on the…
CA-7: Continuous Monitoring
Develop a system-level continuous monitoring strategy and implement continuous monitoring in accordance with the organization-level continuous monitoring strategy that includes: Establishing the following system-level metrics to be monitored: [Assignment: organization-defined system-level metrics]; Establishing [Assignment: organization-defined frequencies] for monitoring and [Assignment: organization-defined frequencies] for assessment of control effectiveness; Ongoing control assessments in accordance with the continuous…
CA-8: Penetration Testing
Conduct penetration testing [Assignment: organization-defined frequency] on [Assignment: organization-defined system(s) or system components].
CM-1: Policy and Procedures
Develop, document, and disseminate to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles]: [Assignment (one or more): organization-level, mission/business process-level, system-level] configuration management policy that: Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and Procedures to facilitate the implementation…
CP-1: Policy and Procedures
Develop, document, and disseminate to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles]: [Assignment (one or more): organization-level, mission/business process-level, system-level] contingency planning policy that: Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and Procedures to facilitate the implementation…
CP-2: Contingency Plan
Develop a contingency plan for the system that: Identifies essential mission and business functions and associated contingency requirements; Provides recovery objectives, restoration priorities, and metrics; Addresses contingency roles, responsibilities, assigned individuals with contact information; Addresses maintaining essential mission and business functions despite a system disruption, compromise, or failure; Addresses eventual, full system restoration without deterioration…
CP-4: Contingency Plan Testing
Test the contingency plan for the system [Assignment: organization-defined frequency] using the following tests to determine the effectiveness of the plan and the readiness to execute the plan: [Assignment: organization-defined tests]. Review the contingency plan test results; and Initiate corrective actions, if needed.
IA-1: Policy and Procedures
Develop, document, and disseminate to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles]: [Assignment (one or more): organization-level, mission/business process-level, system-level] identification and authentication policy that: Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and Procedures to facilitate the…
IR-1: Policy and Procedures
Develop, document, and disseminate to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles]: [Assignment (one or more): organization-level, mission/business process-level, system-level] incident response policy that: Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and Procedures to facilitate the implementation…
IR-3: Incident Response Testing
Test the effectiveness of the incident response capability for the system [Assignment: organization-defined frequency] using the following tests: [Assignment: organization-defined tests].
IR-4: Incident Handling
Implement an incident handling capability for incidents that is consistent with the incident response plan and includes preparation, detection and analysis, containment, eradication, and recovery; Coordinate incident handling activities with contingency planning activities; Incorporate lessons learned from ongoing incident handling activities into incident response procedures, training, and testing, and implement the resulting changes accordingly; and…
IR-8: Incident Response Plan
Develop an incident response plan that: Provides the organization with a roadmap for implementing its incident response capability; Describes the structure and organization of the incident response capability; Provides a high-level approach for how the incident response capability fits into the overall organization; Meets the unique requirements of the organization, which relate to mission, size,…
MA-1: Policy and Procedures
Develop, document, and disseminate to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles]: [Assignment (one or more): organization-level, mission/business process-level, system-level] maintenance policy that: Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and Procedures to facilitate the implementation of…
MP-1: Policy and Procedures
Develop, document, and disseminate to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles]: [Assignment (one or more): organization-level, mission/business process-level, system-level] media protection policy that: Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and Procedures to facilitate the implementation…
PE-1: Policy and Procedures
Develop, document, and disseminate to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles]: [Assignment (one or more): organization-level, mission/business process-level, system-level] physical and environmental protection policy that: Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and Procedures to facilitate…
PL-1: Policy and Procedures
Develop, document, and disseminate to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles]: [Assignment (one or more): organization-level, mission/business process-level, system-level] planning policy that: Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and Procedures to facilitate the implementation of…
PL-2: System Security and Privacy Plans
Develop security and privacy plans for the system that: Are consistent with the organization’s enterprise architecture; Explicitly define the constituent system components; Describe the operational context of the system in terms of mission and business processes; Identify the individuals that fulfill system roles and responsibilities; Identify the information types processed, stored, and transmitted by the…
PM-1: Information Security Program Plan
Develop and disseminate an organization-wide information security program plan that: Provides an overview of the requirements for the security program and a description of the security program management controls and common controls in place or planned for meeting those requirements; Includes the identification and assignment of roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and…
PM-4: Plan of Action and Milestones Process
Implement a process to ensure that plans of action and milestones for the information security, privacy, and supply chain risk management programs and associated organizational systems: Are developed and maintained; Document the remedial information security, privacy, and supply chain risk management actions to adequately respond to risk to organizational operations and assets, individuals, other organizations,…
PM-31: Continuous Monitoring Strategy
Develop an organization-wide continuous monitoring strategy and implement continuous monitoring programs that include: Establishing the following organization-wide metrics to be monitored: [Assignment: organization-defined metrics]; Establishing [Assignment: organization-defined monitoring frequencies] and [Assignment: organization-defined assessment frequencies] for control effectiveness; Ongoing monitoring of organizationally-defined metrics in accordance with the continuous monitoring strategy; Correlation and analysis of information generated…
PS-1: Policy and Procedures
Develop, document, and disseminate to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles]: [Assignment (one or more): organization-level, mission/business process-level, system-level] personnel security policy that: Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and Procedures to facilitate the implementation…
PT-1: Policy and Procedures
Develop, document, and disseminate to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles]: [Assignment (one or more): organization-level, mission/business process-level, system-level] personally identifiable information processing and transparency policy that: Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and Procedures…
RA-1: Policy and Procedures
Develop, document, and disseminate to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles]: [Assignment (one or more): organization-level, mission/business process-level, system-level] risk assessment policy that: Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and Procedures to facilitate the implementation…
RA-3: Risk Assessment
Conduct a risk assessment, including: Identifying threats to and vulnerabilities in the system; Determining the likelihood and magnitude of harm from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction of the system, the information it processes, stores, or transmits, and any related information; and Determining the likelihood and impact of adverse effects on individuals arising…
RA-5: Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning
Monitor and scan for vulnerabilities in the system and hosted applications [Assignment: organization-defined frequency and/or randomly in accordance with organization-defined process] and when new vulnerabilities potentially affecting the system are identified and reported; Employ vulnerability monitoring tools and techniques that facilitate interoperability among tools and automate parts of the vulnerability management process by using standards…
RA-7: Risk Response
Respond to findings from security and privacy assessments, monitoring, and audits in accordance with organizational risk tolerance.
SA-1: Policy and Procedures
Develop, document, and disseminate to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles]: [Assignment (one or more): organization-level, mission/business process-level, system-level] system and services acquisition policy that: Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and Procedures to facilitate…
SA-8: Security and Privacy Engineering Principles
Apply the following systems security and privacy engineering principles in the specification, design, development, implementation, and modification of the system and system components: [Assignment: organization-defined systems security and privacy engineering principles].
SA-11: Developer Testing and Evaluation
Require the developer of the system, system component, or system service, at all post-design stages of the system development life cycle, to: Develop and implement a plan for ongoing security and privacy control assessments; Perform [Assignment (one or more): unit, integration, system, regression] testing/evaluation [Assignment: organization-defined frequency to conduct] at [Assignment: organization-defined depth and coverage];…
SC-1: Policy and Procedures
Develop, document, and disseminate to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles]: [Assignment (one or more): organization-level, mission/business-process-level, system-level] system and communications protection policy that: Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and Procedures to facilitate the…
SI-1: Policy and Procedures
Develop, document, and disseminate to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles]: [Assignment (one or more): organization-level, mission/business process-level, system-level] system and information integrity policy that: Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and Procedures to facilitate…
SI-2: Flaw Remediation
Identify, report, and correct system flaws; Test software and firmware updates related to flaw remediation for effectiveness and potential side effects before installation; Install security-relevant software and firmware updates within [Assignment: organization-defined time period] of the release of the updates; and Incorporate flaw remediation into the organizational configuration management process.
SI-4: System Monitoring
Monitor the system to detect: Attacks and indicators of potential attacks in accordance with the following monitoring objectives: [Assignment: organization-defined monitoring objectives] ; and Unauthorized local, network, and remote connections; Identify unauthorized use of the system through the following techniques and methods: [Assignment: organization-defined techniques and methods]; Invoke internal monitoring capabilities or deploy monitoring devices:…
SR-1: Policy and Procedures
Develop, document, and disseminate to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles]: [Assignment (one or more): organization-level, mission/business process-level, system-level] supply chain risk management policy that: Addresses purpose, scope, roles, responsibilities, management commitment, coordination among organizational entities, and compliance; and Is consistent with applicable laws, executive orders, directives, regulations, policies, standards, and guidelines; and Procedures to facilitate…
SR-5: Acquisition Strategies, Tools, and Methods
Employ the following acquisition strategies, contract tools, and procurement methods to protect against, identify, and mitigate supply chain risks: [Assignment: organization-defined strategies, tools, and methods].
NIST SP 800-171 Revision 3.0
03.06.01: Incident Handling
Implement an incident-handling capability that is consistent with the incident response plan and includes preparation, detection and analysis, containment, eradication, and recovery.
03.06.03: Incident Response Testing
Test the effectiveness of the incident response capability [Assignment: organization-defined frequency].
03.06.05: Incident Response Plan
Develop an incident response plan that: Provides the organization with a roadmap for implementing its incident response capability, Describes the structure and organization of the incident response capability, Provides a high-level approach for how the incident response capability fits into the overall organization, Defines reportable incidents, Addresses the sharing of incident information, and Designates responsibilities…
03.11.01: Risk Assessment
Assess the risk (including supply chain risk) of unauthorized disclosure resulting from the processing, storage, or transmission of CUI. Update risk assessments [Assignment: organization-defined frequency].
03.11.02: Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning
Monitor and scan the system for vulnerabilities [Assignment: organization-defined frequency] and when new vulnerabilities affecting the system are identified. Remediate system vulnerabilities within [Assignment: organization-defined response times]. Update system vulnerabilities to be scanned [Assignment: organization-defined frequency] and when new vulnerabilities are identified and reported.
03.11.04: Risk Response
Respond to findings from security assessments, monitoring, and audits.
03.12.01: Security Assessment
Assess the security requirements for the system and its environment of operation [Assignment: organization-defined frequency] to determine if the requirements have been satisfied.
03.12.02: Plan of Action and Milestones
Develop a plan of action and milestones for the system: To document the planned remediation actions to correct weaknesses or deficiencies noted during security assessments and To reduce or eliminate known system vulnerabilities. Update the existing plan of action and milestones based on the findings from: Security assessments, Audits or reviews, and Continuous monitoring activities.
03.12.03: Continuous Monitoring
Develop and implement a system-level continuous monitoring strategy that includes ongoing monitoring and security assessments.
03.14.01: Flaw Remediation
Identify, report, and correct system flaws. Install security-relevant software and firmware updates within [Assignment: organization-defined time period] of the release of the updates.
03.14.06: System Monitoring
Monitor the system to detect: Attacks and indicators of potential attacks and Unauthorized connections. Identify unauthorized use of the system. Monitor inbound and outbound communications traffic to detect unusual or unauthorized activities or conditions.
03.15.01: Policy and Procedures
Develop, document, and disseminate to organizational personnel or roles the policies and procedures needed to satisfy the security requirements for the protection of CUI. Review and update policies and procedures [Assignment: organization-defined frequency].
03.15.02: System Security Plan
Develop a system security plan that: Defines the constituent system components; Identifies the information types processed, stored, and transmitted by the system; Describes specific threats to the system that are of concern to the organization; Describes the operational environment for the system and any dependencies on or connections to other systems or system components; Provides…
03.16.01: Security Engineering Principles
Apply the following systems security engineering principles to the development or modification of the system and system components: [Assignment: organization-defined systems security engineering principles].
03.17.02: Acquisition Strategies, Tools, and Methods
Develop and implement acquisition strategies, contract tools, and procurement methods to identify, protect against, and mitigate supply chain risks.
Cloud Controls Matrix v4.0
BCR-06: Business Continuity Exercises
Exercise and test business continuity and operational resilience plans at least annually or upon significant changes.
BCR-07: Communication
Establish communication with stakeholders and participants in the course of business continuity and resilience procedures.
BCR-10: Response Plan Exercise
Exercise the disaster response plan annually or upon significant changes, including if possible local emergency authorities.
SEF-01: Security Incident Management Policy and Procedures
Establish, document, approve, communicate, apply, evaluate and maintain policies and procedures for Security Incident Management, E-Discovery, and Cloud Forensics. Review and update the policies and procedures at least annually.
SEF-03: Incident Response Plans
Establish, document, approve, communicate, apply, evaluate and maintain a security incident response plan, which includes but is not limited to: relevant internal departments, impacted CSCs, and other business critical relationships (such as supply-chain) that may be impacted.
SEF-04: Incident Response Testing
Test and update as necessary incident response plans at planned intervals or upon significant organizational or environmental changes for effectiveness.
SEF-05: Incident Response Metrics
Establish and monitor information security incident metrics.
STA-14: Supply Chain Data Security Assessment
Define and implement a process for conducting security assessments periodically for all organizations within the supply chain.
TVM-06: Penetration Testing
Define, implement and evaluate processes, procedures and technical measures for the periodic performance of penetration testing by independent third parties.
UEM-14: Third-Party Endpoint Security Posture
Define, implement and evaluate processes, procedures and technical and/or contractual measures to maintain proper security of third-party endpoints with access to organizational assets.
Critical Security Controls Version 8.1
17.7: Conduct Routine Incident Response Exercises
Plan and conduct routine incident response exercises and scenarios for key personnel involved in the incident response process to prepare for responding to real-world incidents. Exercises need to test communication channels, decision making, and workflows. Conduct testing on an annual basis, at a minimum.