ISO/IEC 27035-2:2023
(Main)Information technology - Information security incident management - Part 2: Guidelines to plan and prepare for incident response
Information technology - Information security incident management - Part 2: Guidelines to plan and prepare for incident response
This document provides guidelines to plan and prepare for incident response and to learn lessons from incident response. The guidelines are based on the “plan and prepare” and “learn lessons” phases of the information security incident management phases model presented in ISO/IEC 27035-1:2023, 5.2 and 5.6. The major points within the “plan and prepare” phase include: - information security incident management policy and commitment of top management; - information security policies, including those relating to risk management, updated at both organizational level and system, service and network levels; - information security incident management plan; - Incident Management Team (IMT) establishment; - establishing relationships and connections with internal and external organizations; - technical and other support (including organizational and operational support); - information security incident management awareness briefings and training. The “learn lessons” phase includes: - identifying areas for improvement; - identifying and making necessary improvements; - Incident Response Team (IRT) evaluation. The guidance given in this document is generic and intended to be applicable to all organizations, regardless of type, size or nature. Organizations can adjust the guidance given in this document according to their type, size and nature of business in relation to the information security risk situation. This document is also applicable to external organizations providing information security incident management services.
Technologies de l'information — Gestion des incidents de sécurité de l'information — Partie 2: Lignes directrices pour planifier et préparer une réponse aux incidents
General Information
- Status
- Published
- Publication Date
- 12-Feb-2023
- Drafting Committee
- ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27/WG 4 - Security controls and services
- Current Stage
- 6060 - International Standard published
- Start Date
- 13-Feb-2023
- Due Date
- 08-Jul-2023
- Completion Date
- 13-Feb-2023
Relations
- Effective Date
- 23-Apr-2020
Overview
ISO/IEC 27035-2:2023 - "Information technology - Information security incident management - Part 2: Guidelines to plan and prepare for incident response" provides practical, generic guidance for organizations to plan, prepare and learn from information security incidents. It focuses on the “plan and prepare” and “learn lessons” phases of the incident management lifecycle defined in ISO/IEC 27035-1:2023. The standard is applicable to organizations of any type or size and to external providers of incident management services.
Key topics and technical requirements
ISO/IEC 27035-2:2023 covers the essential elements required to build an effective incident response capability, including:
- Governance and policy
- Information security incident management policy and top management commitment
- Alignment with organizational information security and risk-management policies
- Incident management planning
- Creation of an Information Security Incident Management Plan and linked documentation
- Incident classification scale, forms and documented processes
- Organizational roles
- Establishment of an Incident Management Team (IMT) and Incident Response Team (IRT) with defined roles, responsibilities and competency requirements
- Relationships and support
- Internal and external stakeholder engagement (legal, HR, vendors, law enforcement)
- Technical, operational and third‑party support arrangements
- Capability development
- Awareness briefings, training programs, exercises and testing of the incident management plan
- Monitoring, metrics and governance of incident response capability
- Learn lessons
- Post-incident review, identification of improvements, IRT evaluation and updates to policies and controls
- Practical adjuncts
- Guidance on legal/regulatory considerations, example forms, and approaches to categorization, evaluation and prioritization
Practical applications - who should use it
ISO/IEC 27035-2:2023 is intended for:
- Security managers designing or improving an incident response program
- IT and SOC teams building operational IRT capabilities and playbooks
- Risk and compliance officers aligning incident processes with governance and legal requirements
- Third‑party incident response service providers and managed security service providers (MSSPs)
- Executive leadership seeking to ensure organizational readiness and incident governance
Benefits include improved detection-to-response times, clearer escalation paths, consistent incident classification, and structured post‑incident learning to reduce recurrence.
Related standards
- ISO/IEC 27035-1:2023 - incident management lifecycle and concepts (companion to Part 2)
- Complementary guidance: ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27002 for broader information security management and controls
Keywords: ISO/IEC 27035-2:2023, information security incident management, incident response planning, Incident Management Team, Incident Response Team, lessons learned, incident classification, security incident handling.
ISO/IEC 27035-2:2023 - Information technology — Information security incident management — Part 2: Guidelines to plan and prepare for incident response Released:10/11/2022
ISO/IEC 27035-2:2023 - Information technology — Information security incident management — Part 2: Guidelines to plan and prepare for incident response Released:2/13/2023
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Frequently Asked Questions
ISO/IEC 27035-2:2023 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Its full title is "Information technology - Information security incident management - Part 2: Guidelines to plan and prepare for incident response". This standard covers: This document provides guidelines to plan and prepare for incident response and to learn lessons from incident response. The guidelines are based on the “plan and prepare” and “learn lessons” phases of the information security incident management phases model presented in ISO/IEC 27035-1:2023, 5.2 and 5.6. The major points within the “plan and prepare” phase include: - information security incident management policy and commitment of top management; - information security policies, including those relating to risk management, updated at both organizational level and system, service and network levels; - information security incident management plan; - Incident Management Team (IMT) establishment; - establishing relationships and connections with internal and external organizations; - technical and other support (including organizational and operational support); - information security incident management awareness briefings and training. The “learn lessons” phase includes: - identifying areas for improvement; - identifying and making necessary improvements; - Incident Response Team (IRT) evaluation. The guidance given in this document is generic and intended to be applicable to all organizations, regardless of type, size or nature. Organizations can adjust the guidance given in this document according to their type, size and nature of business in relation to the information security risk situation. This document is also applicable to external organizations providing information security incident management services.
This document provides guidelines to plan and prepare for incident response and to learn lessons from incident response. The guidelines are based on the “plan and prepare” and “learn lessons” phases of the information security incident management phases model presented in ISO/IEC 27035-1:2023, 5.2 and 5.6. The major points within the “plan and prepare” phase include: - information security incident management policy and commitment of top management; - information security policies, including those relating to risk management, updated at both organizational level and system, service and network levels; - information security incident management plan; - Incident Management Team (IMT) establishment; - establishing relationships and connections with internal and external organizations; - technical and other support (including organizational and operational support); - information security incident management awareness briefings and training. The “learn lessons” phase includes: - identifying areas for improvement; - identifying and making necessary improvements; - Incident Response Team (IRT) evaluation. The guidance given in this document is generic and intended to be applicable to all organizations, regardless of type, size or nature. Organizations can adjust the guidance given in this document according to their type, size and nature of business in relation to the information security risk situation. This document is also applicable to external organizations providing information security incident management services.
ISO/IEC 27035-2:2023 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 35.030 - IT Security. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
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Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction . vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 2
3.1 Terms and definitions . 2
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 2
4 Information security incident management policy . 2
4.1 General . 2
4.2 Interested parties . 3
4.3 Information security incident management policy content . 3
5 Updating of information security policies. 5
5.1 General . 5
5.2 Linking of policy documents . 6
6 Creating information security incident management plan . 6
6.1 General . 6
6.2 Information security incident management plan built on consensus . 7
6.3 Interested parties . 7
6.4 Information security incident management plan content . 8
6.5 Incident classification scale . 11
6.6 Incident forms . 11
6.7 Documented processes and procedures .12
6.8 Trust and confidence .13
6.9 Handling confidential or sensitive information . 14
7 Establishing an incident management capability .14
7.1 General . 14
7.2 Incident management team establishment . 14
7.2.1 IMT structure . 14
7.2.2 IMT roles and responsibilities . 16
7.3 Incident response team establishment . 17
7.3.1 IRT structure . 17
7.3.2 IRT types and roles . 18
7.3.3 IRT staff competencies . . 19
8 Establishing internal and external relationships .20
8.1 General . 20
8.2 Relationship with other parts of the organization . 20
8.3 Relationship with external interested parties. 21
9 Defining technical and other support .22
9.1 General .22
9.2 Technical support . . 24
9.3 Other support . 24
10 Creating information security incident awareness and training .24
11 Testing the information security incident management plan .25
11.1 General . 25
11.2 Exercise . 26
11.2.1 Defining the goal of the exercise . 26
11.2.2 Defining the scope of an exercise . 27
11.2.3 Conducting an exercise . 27
11.3 Incident response capability monitoring . 27
11.3.1 Implementing an incident response capability monitoring programme . 27
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11.3.2 Metrics and governance of incident response capability monitoring .28
12 Learn lessons .28
12.1 General .28
12.2 Identifying areas for improvement .29
12.3 Identifying and making improvements to the information security incident
management plan .29
12.4 IRT Evaluation.30
12.5 Identifying and making improvements to information security control
implementation .30
12.6 Identifying and making improvements to information security risk assessment
and management review results . 31
12.7 Other improvements . 31
Annex A (informative) Considerations related to legal or regulatory requirements .32
Annex B (informative) Example forms for information security events, incidents and
vulnerability reports .35
Annex C (informative) Example approaches to the categorization, evaluation and
prioritization of information security events and incidents .47
Bibliography .52
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Foreword
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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology,
Subcommittee SC 27, Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO/IEC 27035-2:2016), which has been
technically revised.
The main changes are as follows:
— the title has been modified;
— new roles including incident management team and incident coordinator and their responsibilities
have been added;
— content related to vulnerability management has been modified;
— content on a recommended process for organizations has been added in 6.7;
— Clause 7 structure has been reorganized;
— C.3 has been replaced by a single paragraph;
— bibliography has been updated;
— document has been aligned with the ISO/IEC Directives Part 2, 2021.
A list of all parts in the ISO/IEC 27035 series can be found on the ISO and IEC websites.
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Introduction
This document focuses on information security incident management which is identified in
ISO/IEC 27000 as one of the critical success factors for the information security management system.
There can be a large gap between an organization’s plan for an incident and an organization's
preparedness for an incident. Therefore, this document addresses the development of procedures to
increase the confidence of an organization’s actual readiness to respond to an information security
incident. This is achieved by addressing the policies and plans associated with incident management,
as well as the process for establishing the incident response team and improving its performance over
time by adopting lessons learned and by evaluation.
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1 Scope
This document provides guidelines to plan and prepare for incident response and to learn lessons from
incident response. The guidelines are based on the “plan and prepare” and “learn lessons” phases of the
1)
information security incident management phases model presented in ISO/IEC 27035-1:— , 5.2 and
5.6.
The major points within the “plan and prepare” phase include:
— information security incident management policy and commitment of top management;
— information security policies, including those relating to risk management, updated at both
organizational level and system, service and network levels;
— information security incident management plan;
— Incident Management Team (IMT) establishment;
— establishing relationships and connections with internal and external organizations;
— technical and other support (including organizational and operational support);
— information security incident management awareness briefings and training.
The “learn lessons” phase includes:
— identifying areas for improvement;
— identifying and making necessary improvements;
— Incident Response Team (IRT) evaluation.
The guidance given in this document is generic and intended to be applicable to all organizations,
regardless of type, size or nature. Organizations can adjust the guidance given in this document
according to their type, size and nature of business in relation to the information security risk situation.
This document is also applicable to external organizations providing information security incident
management services.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO/IEC 27000, Information technology — Security techniques — Information security management
systems — Overview and vocabulary
1) Under preparation. Stage at the time of publication: ISO/IEC/FDIS 270351:2022.
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ISO/IEC 270351:— , Information technology — Information security incident management — Part 1:
Principles and process
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms
3.1 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO/IEC 27000 and ISO/IEC 27035-1
apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
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3.2 Abbreviated terms
CERT computer emergency response team
CSIRT computer security incident response team
IMT Incident Management Team
IRT Incident Response Team
PoC Point of Contact
4 Information security incident management policy
4.1 General
1)
NOTE Clause 4, in its entirety, links to ISO/IEC 27035-1:— , 5.2 a).
An organization's information security incident management policy should provide the formally
documented principles and intentions used to direct decisionmaking. Supporting processes and
procedures ensures consistent application of the policy.
Any information security incident management policy should be part of the information security
strategy for an organization. It should also support the existing mission of its parent organization and
be in line with already existing policies and procedures.
An organization should implement an information security incident management policy that outlines
the processes, responsible persons, authority and reporting lines when an information security event/
incident occurs. The policy should be reviewed regularly to ensure it reflects the latest organizational
structure, processes, and technology that can affect incident management. The policy should also
outline any awareness and training initiatives within the organization that are related to incident
management (see Clause 10).
An organization should document its policy for managing information security events, incidents and
vulnerabilities as a free-standing document, as part of its overall information security management
2)
system policy (see ISO/IEC 27001:— , 5.2), or as part of its information security policies (see
ISO/IEC 27002:2022, 5.1). The size, structure and business nature of an organization and the extent of
its information security incident management programme are deciding factors in determining which
of these options to adopt. An organization should direct its information security incident management
policy at every person having legitimate access to its information systems and related locations.
2) Under preparation. Stage at the time of publication ISO/IEC FDIS 27001:2022.
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Before the information security incident management policy is formulated, the organization should
identify the following regarding its information security incident management:
a) principles, objectives and purpose;
b) the scope, including not only which parts of the organization it applies to, but also what information
it applies to e.g. hardcopy, electronic, verbal;
c) internal and external interested parties;
d) specific incident types and vulnerabilities that are controlled, responded to and resolved;
e) any specific roles that are involved;
f) benefits to the whole organization and to its departments;
g) understanding of its legal and regulatory environment;
h) dependencies including alignment to risk management;
i) skills and competency requirements.
4.2 Interested parties
A successful information security incident management policy should be created and implemented
as an enterprisewide process. To that end, all interested parties or their representatives should be
involved in the development of the policy from the initial planning stages through to the implementation
of any process or response team. This may include legal advisors, public relations and marketing staff,
departmental managers, security staff, ICT responsible persons, upper-level management, and, in some
cases, even facilities and human resources staff.
An organization should ensure that its information security incident management policy is approved by
top management.
Ensuring continued management commitment is vital for the acceptance of a structured approach to
information security incident management. It is important that personnel recognize an event, know
what to do and understand the benefits of the approach by the organization. It is also important that
management is supportive of the information security incident management policy to ensure that the
organization commits to resourcing and maintaining an incident management capability.
The information security incident management policy should be made available to every employee and
contractor. It should also be addressed in information security awareness briefings and training.
4.3 Information security incident management policy content
The information security incident management policy should be high-level. Detailed information and
step-by-step instructions should be included in the series of documents that make up the information
security incident management plan, which is outlined in Clause 6.
An organization should ensure that its information security incident management policy content
addresses, but is not limited to, the following topics:
a) the purpose, objectives and the scope (to whom it applies and under what circumstances) of the
policy;
b) policy owner and review cycle;
c) the importance of information security incident management to the organization, top management's
commitment to it and the related plan documentation;
d) a definition of security incident;
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e) a description of the type of security incidents or categories (or a reference to another document
which describes this in more depth);
f) a description of how incidents should be reported, including what to report, the mechanisms used
for reporting, where and to whom to report;
g) a high-level overview or visualization of the incident management process flow (showing the basic
steps for handling a security incident) encompassing detection and reporting, assessment and
decision, response and lessons learned;
h) a requirement for post information security incident resolution activities, including learning from
and improving the process, following the resolution of information security incidents;
i) if appropriate, also a summary of reporting and handling vulnerabilities that are related to incident
(although this can be a separate document);
j) a defined set of roles, responsibilities, and decision-making authority for each phase of the
information security incident management process and related activities (including reporting and
handling vulnerabilities that are related to incident if appropriate);
k) a reference to the document describing the event and incident classification, severity ratings (if
used) and related terms;
l) an overview of the IMT, encompassing the IMT organizational structure, key roles, responsibilities,
and authority, along with summary of duties including, but not limited to:
1) reporting and notification requirements related to incidents that have been confirmed,
2) dealing with enquiries, instigating follow-up, and resolving incidents,
3) liaising with the external organizations (when necessary),
4) requirement and rationale for ensuring all information security incident management activities
performed by the IRT are properly logged for later analysis;
m) requirements for establishing/terminating IRTs to respond to specific incidents which have
different scopes and expertise depending on the incident. Several IRTs may exist, depending on the
aspect of business that is affected by the incident;
n) a requirement that components across the organization work in collaboration to detect, analyse,
and respond to information security incidents;
o) a description of any oversight or governance structure and its authority and duties, if applicable;
p) links to organizations providing specific external support such as forensics teams, legal counsel,
other IT operations, etc;
q) a summary of the legal and regulatory compliance requirements or mandates associated with
information security incident management activities (for more details, see Annex A).
There are other related policies or procedures that support the information security incident
management policy and can also be established as part of the preparation phase, if they are not already
existent and are appropriate for the organization. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
— An information security incident management plan, described in Clause 6;
— A continuous monitoring policy for specific ICT systems stating that such activity is conducted
by the organization and describing the basic monitoring tasks. Continuous monitoring ensures
preservation of electronic evidence in case it is required for legal prosecution or internal disciplinary
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— Authority granting the IRT access to the outputs of this monitoring or the ability to request logs
as needed from other parts of the organization (this can also be put in the information security
incident management policy);
— Information sharing, disclosure and communication policies which outline how and when
information related to incident management activities can be shared by whom and with whom.
Information should be kept confidential and only disclosed according to the relevant legislation. In
many instances, legislation requires affected parties to be notified should any personal identifiable
information be compromised. Apart from the legal requirements, it is expected that information
also follows any organizational requirements for disclosure, according to the classification policy
and according to ISO/IEC 27002:2022, 5.14. It may be important to share information in the course
of incident handling when a third party is involved or modified. The scope, circumstances and
purpose of this information sharing are described, or referenced, in the appropriate policies and
procedures. An example of information disclosure guidance and markings is the use of traffic light
protocol (TLP) (see ISO/IEC 27010);
— Information storage and handling policies which require records, data, and other information
related to investigations to be stored securely and handled in a manner commensurate with their
sensitivity. If the organization has a document labelling or classification schema, this policy is also
important to information security incident management activities and personnel;
— An IRT charter that specifies in more detail what the IRT does and the authority under which it
operates;
— At a minimum, the charter should include a mission statement, a definition of the IRT's scope,
and details of the IRT's top management sponsor, the IRT authority, contact information for the
IRT, its list of services and core activities, its scope of authority and operation, its purpose and
goals; along with a discussion of any governance structure;
— The goals and purposes of the team are especially important and require clear, unambiguous
definition;
— The scope of an IRT normally covers all of the organization's information systems, ICT services
and networks. In some cases, an organization can require the scope to be different (either
larger or narrower), in which case, it should be clearly documented what is in, and what is out
of, scope;
— Examples of IRT authority include searching and confiscating personal belongings, detaining
people and monitoring communications, where possible.
— An overview of the information security incident management awareness and training programme.
This should include any training mandates, policies, or requirements for staff related employee
awareness training and incident management training for the IMT members.
5 Updating of information security policies
5.1 General
1)
NOTE Clause 5, in its entirety, links to ISO/IEC 27035-1:— , 5.2 b).
An organization should include information security incident management content in its information
security policies at the organizational level, as well as on specific ICT system, service and network
levels and relate this content to the incident management policy. The integration should aim to:
a) describe why information security incident management, particularly an information security
incident reporting and handling plan, is important;
b) indicate top management's commitment to the need for proper preparation and response to
information security incidents, i.e. to the information security incident management plan;
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c) ensure consistency across the various policies;
d) ensure planned, systematic and composed responses to information security incidents, thus
minimizing the adverse consequences of incidents;
e) align with the organization’s risk management policies and practices.
For guidance on information security risk assessment and management, see ISO/IEC 27005. Policy
documents should be reviewed regularly and updated when necessary. This should be a consequence of
the “learn lessons” phase. See also ISO/IEC 27002:2022, 5.1.
5.2 Linking of policy documents
An organization should update and maintain its organizational information security and risk
management policies, and specific system, service or network information security policies in tandem
to ensure they remain consistent and current. These organizational-level policies should refer explicitly
to the information security incident management policy and associated plans.
The organizational-level policies should include the requirement that appropriate review mechanisms
are established. These review mechanisms should ensure that information from the detection,
monitoring, resolution of and learning from information security incidents and from dealing with
reported information security vulnerabilities is used as input to the process designed to maintain
continuing effectiveness of the policies.
6 Creating information security incident management plan
6.1 General
1)
NOTE 1 Clause 6, in its entirety, links to ISO/IEC 27035-1:— , 5.2 c).
The aim of an information security incident management plan is to document the activities and
procedures for dealing with information security events, incidents and related vulnerabilities
discovered during an incident analysis and response, and to communicate them. The plan stems from
and is based on the information security incident management policy.
Overall, the documentation of the plan should encompass multiple documents including the forms,
procedures and organizational elements. It should also include support tools for the detection and
reporting of, assessment and decision making related to, responses to and learning lessons from
information security incidents.
The plan may include a high-level outline of the basic flow of incident management activities to provide
structure and pointers to the various detailed components of the plan. These components provide
the step-by-step instructions for incident handlers to follow using specific tools, following specific
workflows or handling specific types of incidents based on the situation.
The information security incident management plan comes into effect whenever an information
security event is detected or information security vulnerability is reported.
An organization should use the plan as a guide for:
a) detecting events and abnormal situations and reporting them;
b) responding to information security events;
c) determining whether information security events become information security incidents;
d) managing information security incidents to conclusion;
e) handling information security vulnerabilities discovered while responding to an incident;
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NOTE 2 Security vulnerabilities are reported to the incident coordinator who redirects them to the team
responsible for vulnerability management.
f) requirements for reporting;
g) requirements for recording information (including its format) during the whole incident
management process;
h) rules and circumstances under which information sharing with internal and external groups or
organizations can take place;
i) identifying lessons that can be learned, and any improvements to the plan and/or security in
general that are required.
Planning and preparation of an incident management plan should be undertaken by the process owner,
with a clear goal or set of goals for incident response within a defined scope based on the information
security incident management policy.
6.2 Information security incident management plan built on consensus
This document recommends the development of an information security incident management policy.
However, where there is no guiding policy or standard, prevailing law, or other authoritative source,
the incident management planning process should be based on consensus to ensure effective operation,
communication, and relationships with external organizations.
Terms and definitions should be normalized between the organization and partner organizations
where relevant. This includes names and identifiers for organizations and teams, information assets
and business processes. Where terminology is difficult or prone to misinterpretation, the incident
management plan should include standard terms and definitions in a glossary.
Roles and relationships with external IRTs and other response organizations, as well as response
activity structures and boundaries should be defined by the incident management process owner.
Responsibilities of interested parties can overlap and should be adjusted by consensus in the incident
management planning process. Where there is overlap on incident response decision boundaries, the
plan should identify a responsible party.
Interested parties and external IRTs often have disparate metrics. Planning participants should
evaluate the available metrics contributed by their respective parties or external organizations and
either agree by consensus on particular set(s) of existing metrics or agree to link the disparate metrics
using a reversible mapping. Regardless of approach, the plan should select or connect quantitative
metrics so that their scopes are identical and select or connect qualitative metrics with definitive
equivalence.
6.3 Interested parties
An organization should ensure that the information security incident management plan is acknowledged
by all personnel and associated contractors, ICT service providers, telecommunication providers and
outsourcing companies, thus covering the following responsibilities:
a) detecting and reporting information security events (this is the responsibility of any permanent or
contracted personnel in an organization and its companies);
b) assessing and responding to information security events and incidents, being involved in the post-
incident resolution activities of learning, and improving information security and the information
security incident management plan itself (this is the responsibility of interested parties including
the PoC (point of contact), the incident coordinator, the IRT, management, public relations personnel
and legal representatives);
c) dealing with information security vulnerabilities (this is the responsibility of skilled members
from vulnerability management).
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The plan should also take into account any third-party users. Consideration should be given to
information security incidents and associated vulnerabilities reported from third party organizations,
government and commercial information security incident and vulnerability information provision
organizations.
If interested parties are expected to be actively involved in handling information security incidents,
then a clear division of roles and responsibilities should be made and everyone made aware of them.
Division of roles should be accompanied with the agreed incident handoff protocol so that information
is exchanged in an expedient manner. If appropriate and possible, the incident handoff and information
exchange should be automated to speed up the process. This kind of scenario can arise if some of the
organization or IRT capabilities are outsourced to a third party. Examples include when the organization
uses cloud systems run by the third party, or when the third party performs digital forensics for the
organization, or when the organization works with a service provider in handling incidents.
6.4 Information security incident management plan content
Key decision-making criteria and processes to support expected management phases should be defined
and reviewed before the planning and preparation process. This requires available policy, formal or
informal understanding of assets and controls, and contribution from participants and management
support.
The content of the information security incident management plan should give an overview, as well
as specifying detailed activities. As noted above, the plan documentation should encompass multiple
documents including the forms, procedures, organizational elements and support tools.
The detailed activities, procedures and information should consider the following.
a) Plan and prepare.
1) A standardized approach to information security event/incident categorization and
classification, to enable the provision of consistent results. In any event, the decision should
be based on the actual or projected adverse consequences on the organization's business
operations, harm to individuals/other organizations and associated guidance;
NOTE Annex C shows example approaches to the categorization and classification of information
security events and incidents.
2) An information security incident register structured for the exchange of information is likely
to provide the capability to share reports/alerts, compare results, improve alert information
and enable a more accurate view of the threats to, and vulnerabilities of information systems.
The actual format and use of the incident register depend on the organization’s requirements.
For example, a very small organization may use documents, while a complex organization may
use more sophisticated technology such as relational databases and application tools;
3) Guidance for deciding whether escalation is required during each relevant process, and to
whom, and associated procedures. Based on the guidance provided in the information security
incident management plan, the incident coordinator should know under which circumstances
it is necessary to escalate matters and to whom it should be escalated. In addition, there are
unforeseen circumstances when this may be necessary. For example, a minor information
security incident can evolve to a significant or a crisis situation if not handled properly or a
minor information security incident not followed up timely can become a major information
security incident;
4) Procedures to be followed to ensure that all information security incident response acti
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INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 27035-2
Second edition
2023-02
Information technology —
Information security incident
management —
Part 2:
Guidelines to plan and prepare for
incident response
Technologies de l'information — Gestion des incidents de sécurité de
l'information —
Partie 2: Lignes directrices pour planifier et préparer une réponse aux
incidents
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Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction . vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 2
3.1 Terms and definitions . 2
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 2
4 Information security incident management policy . 2
4.1 General . 2
4.2 Interested parties . 3
4.3 Information security incident management policy content . 3
5 Updating of information security policies. 5
5.1 General . 5
5.2 Linking of policy documents . 6
6 Creating information security incident management plan . 6
6.1 General . 6
6.2 Information security incident management plan built on consensus . 7
6.3 Interested parties . 7
6.4 Information security incident management plan content . 8
6.5 Incident classification scale . 11
6.6 Incident forms . 11
6.7 Documented processes and procedures .12
6.8 Trust and confidence .13
6.9 Handling confidential or sensitive information . 14
7 Establishing an incident management capability .14
7.1 General . 14
7.2 Incident management team establishment . 14
7.2.1 IMT structure . 14
7.2.2 IMT roles and responsibilities . 16
7.3 Incident response team establishment . 17
7.3.1 IRT structure . 17
7.3.2 IRT types and roles . 18
7.3.3 IRT staff competencies . . 19
8 Establishing internal and external relationships .20
8.1 General . 20
8.2 Relationship with other parts of the organization . 20
8.3 Relationship with external interested parties. 21
9 Defining technical and other support .22
9.1 General .22
9.2 Technical support . . 24
9.3 Other support . 24
10 Creating information security incident awareness and training .24
11 Testing the information security incident management plan .25
11.1 General . 25
11.2 Exercise . 26
11.2.1 Defining the goal of the exercise . 26
11.2.2 Defining the scope of an exercise . 27
11.2.3 Conducting an exercise . 27
11.3 Incident response capability monitoring . 27
11.3.1 Implementing an incident response capability monitoring programme . 27
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11.3.2 Metrics and governance of incident response capability monitoring .28
12 Learn lessons .28
12.1 General .28
12.2 Identifying areas for improvement .29
12.3 Identifying and making improvements to the information security incident
management plan .29
12.4 IMT evaluation . 30
12.5 Identifying and making improvements to information security control
implementation .30
12.6 Identifying and making improvements to information security risk assessment
and management review results . 31
12.7 Other improvements . 31
Annex A (informative) Considerations related to legal or regulatory requirements .32
Annex B (informative) Example forms for information security events, incidents and
vulnerability reports .35
Annex C (informative) Example approaches to the categorization, evaluation and
prioritization of information security events and incidents .47
Bibliography .52
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Foreword
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Commission) form the specialized system for worldwide standardization. National bodies that are
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committees established by the respective organization to deal with particular fields of technical
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are described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular, the different approval criteria
needed for the different types of document should be noted. This document was drafted in
accordance with the editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www.iso.org/directives or
www.iec.ch/members_experts/refdocs).
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject
of patent rights. ISO and IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent
rights. Details of any patent rights identified during the development of the document will be in the
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www.iso.org/iso/foreword.html. In the IEC, see www.iec.ch/understanding-standards.
This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology,
Subcommittee SC 27, Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO/IEC 27035-2:2016), which has been
technically revised.
The main changes are as follows:
— the title has been modified;
— new roles including incident management team and incident coordinator and their responsibilities
have been added;
— content related to vulnerability management has been modified;
— content on a recommended process for organizations has been added in 6.7;
— Clause 7 structure has been reorganized;
— C.3 has been replaced by a single paragraph;
— bibliography has been updated.
A list of all parts in the ISO/IEC 27035 series can be found on the ISO and IEC websites.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards
body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html and
www.iec.ch/national-committees.
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Introduction
This document focuses on information security incident management which is identified in
ISO/IEC 27000 as one of the critical success factors for the information security management system.
There can be a large gap between an organization’s plan for an incident and an organization's
preparedness for an incident. Therefore, this document addresses the development of procedures to
increase the confidence of an organization’s actual readiness to respond to an information security
incident. This is achieved by addressing the policies and plans associated with incident management,
as well as the process for establishing the incident response team and improving its performance over
time by adopting lessons learned and by evaluation.
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO/IEC 27035-2:2023(E)
Information technology — Information security incident
management —
Part 2:
Guidelines to plan and prepare for incident response
1 Scope
This document provides guidelines to plan and prepare for incident response and to learn lessons from
incident response. The guidelines are based on the “plan and prepare” and “learn lessons” phases of the
information security incident management phases model presented in ISO/IEC 27035-1:2023, 5.2 and
5.6.
The major points within the “plan and prepare” phase include:
— information security incident management policy and commitment of top management;
— information security policies, including those relating to risk management, updated at both
organizational level and system, service and network levels;
— information security incident management plan;
— Incident Management Team (IMT) establishment;
— establishing relationships and connections with internal and external organizations;
— technical and other support (including organizational and operational support);
— information security incident management awareness briefings and training.
The “learn lessons” phase includes:
— identifying areas for improvement;
— identifying and making necessary improvements;
— Incident Response Team (IRT) evaluation.
The guidance given in this document is generic and intended to be applicable to all organizations,
regardless of type, size or nature. Organizations can adjust the guidance given in this document
according to their type, size and nature of business in relation to the information security risk situation.
This document is also applicable to external organizations providing information security incident
management services.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO/IEC 27000, Information technology — Security techniques — Information security management
systems — Overview and vocabulary
ISO/IEC 27035-1:2023, Information technology — Information security incident management — Part 1:
Principles and process
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3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms
3.1 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO/IEC 27000 and ISO/IEC 27035-1
apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https:// www .iso .org/ obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https:// www .electropedia .org/
3.2 Abbreviated terms
CERT computer emergency response team
CSIRT computer security incident response team
IMT Incident Management Team
IRT Incident Response Team
PoC Point of Contact
4 Information security incident management policy
4.1 General
NOTE Clause 4, in its entirety, links to ISO/IEC 27035-1:2023, 5.2 a).
An organization's information security incident management policy should provide the formally
documented principles and intentions used to direct decision-making. Supporting processes and
procedures ensures consistent application of the policy.
Any information security incident management policy should be part of the information security
strategy for an organization. It should also support the existing mission of its parent organization and
be in line with already existing policies and procedures.
An organization should implement an information security incident management policy that outlines
the processes, responsible persons, authority and reporting lines when an information security event/
incident occurs. The policy should be reviewed regularly to ensure it reflects the latest organizational
structure, processes, and technology that can affect incident management. The policy should also
outline any awareness and training initiatives within the organization that are related to incident
management (see Clause 10).
An organization should document its policy for managing information security events, incidents and
vulnerabilities as a free-standing document, as part of its overall information security management
system policy (see ISO/IEC 27001:2022, 5.2), or as part of its information security policies (see
ISO/IEC 27002:2022, 5.1). The size, structure and business nature of an organization and the extent of
its information security incident management programme are deciding factors in determining which
of these options to adopt. An organization should direct its information security incident management
policy at every person having legitimate access to its information systems and related locations.
Before the information security incident management policy is formulated, the organization should
identify the following regarding its information security incident management:
a) principles, objectives and purpose;
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b) the scope, including not only which parts of the organization it applies to, but also what information
it applies to e.g. hardcopy, electronic, verbal;
c) internal and external interested parties;
d) specific incident types and vulnerabilities that are controlled, responded to and resolved;
e) any specific roles that are involved;
f) benefits to the whole organization and to its departments;
g) understanding of its legal and regulatory environment;
h) dependencies including alignment to risk management;
i) skills and competency requirements.
4.2 Interested parties
A successful information security incident management policy should be created and implemented
as an enterprise-wide process. To that end, all interested parties or their representatives should be
involved in the development of the policy from the initial planning stages through to the implementation
of any process or response team. This may include legal advisors, public relations and marketing staff,
departmental managers, security staff, ICT responsible persons, upper-level management, and, in some
cases, even facilities and human resources staff.
An organization should ensure that its information security incident management policy is approved by
top management.
Ensuring continued management commitment is vital for the acceptance of a structured approach to
information security incident management. It is important that personnel recognize an event, know
what to do and understand the benefits of the approach by the organization. It is also important that
management is supportive of the information security incident management policy to ensure that the
organization commits to resourcing and maintaining an incident management capability.
The information security incident management policy should be made available to every employee and
contractor. It should also be addressed in information security awareness briefings and training.
4.3 Information security incident management policy content
The information security incident management policy should be high-level. Detailed information and
step-by-step instructions should be included in the series of documents that make up the information
security incident management plan, which is outlined in Clause 6.
An organization should ensure that its information security incident management policy content
addresses, but is not limited to, the following topics:
a) the purpose, objectives and the scope (to whom it applies and under what circumstances) of the
policy;
b) policy owner and review cycle;
c) the importance of information security incident management to the organization, top management's
commitment to it and the related plan documentation;
d) a definition of security incident;
e) a description of the type of security incidents or categories (or a reference to another document
which describes this in more depth);
f) a description of how incidents should be reported, including what to report, the mechanisms used
for reporting, where and to whom to report;
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g) a high-level overview or visualization of the incident management process flow (showing the basic
steps for handling a security incident) encompassing detection and reporting, assessment and
decision, response and lessons learned;
h) a requirement for post information security incident resolution activities, including learning from
and improving the process, following the resolution of information security incidents;
i) if appropriate, also a summary of reporting and handling vulnerabilities that are related to the
incident (although this can be a separate document);
j) a defined set of roles, responsibilities, and decision-making authority for each phase of the
information security incident management process and related activities (including reporting and
handling vulnerabilities that are related to the incident if appropriate);
k) a reference to the document describing the event and incident classification, severity ratings (if
used) and related terms;
l) an overview of the IMT, encompassing the IMT organizational structure, key roles, responsibilities,
and authority, along with summary of duties including, but not limited to:
1) reporting and notification requirements related to incidents that have been confirmed,
2) dealing with enquiries, instigating follow-up, and resolving incidents,
3) liaising with the external organizations (when necessary),
4) requirement and rationale for ensuring all information security incident management activities
performed by the IRT are properly logged for later analysis;
m) requirements for establishing/terminating IRTs to respond to specific incidents which have
different scopes and expertise depending on the incident. Several IRTs may exist, depending on the
aspect of business that is affected by the incident;
n) a requirement that components across the organization work in collaboration to detect, analyse,
and respond to information security incidents;
o) a description of any oversight or governance structure and its authority and duties, if applicable;
p) links to organizations providing specific external support such as forensics teams, legal counsel,
other IT operations, etc;
q) a summary of the legal and regulatory compliance requirements or mandates associated with
information security incident management activities (for more details, see Annex A).
There are other related policies or procedures that support the information security incident
management policy and can also be established as part of the preparation phase, if they are not already
existent and are appropriate for the organization. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
— An information security incident management plan, described in Clause 6;
— A continuous monitoring policy for specific ICT systems stating that such activity is conducted
by the organization and describing the basic monitoring tasks. Continuous monitoring ensures
preservation of electronic evidence in case it is required for legal prosecution or internal disciplinary
action;
— Authority granting the IRT access to the outputs of this monitoring or the ability to request logs
as needed from other parts of the organization (this can also be put in the information security
incident management policy);
— Information sharing, disclosure and communication policies which outline how and when
information related to incident management activities can be shared by whom and with whom.
Information should be kept confidential and only disclosed according to the relevant legislation. In
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information be compromised. Apart from the legal requirements, it is expected that information
also follows any organizational requirements for disclosure, according to the classification policy
and according to ISO/IEC 27002:2022, 5.14. It may be important to share information in the course of
incident handling when a third party is involved or affected. The scope, circumstances and purpose
of this information sharing are described, or referenced, in the appropriate policies and procedures.
An example of information disclosure guidance and markings is the use of traffic light protocol
(TLP) (see ISO/IEC 27010);
— Information storage and handling policies which require records, data, and other information
related to investigations to be stored securely and handled in a manner commensurate with their
sensitivity. If the organization has a document labelling or classification schema, this policy is also
important to information security incident management activities and personnel;
— An IMT charter that specifies in more detail what the IMT does and the authority under which it
operates;
— At a minimum, the charter should include a mission statement, a definition of the IMT's scope,
and details of the IMT's top management sponsor, the IMT authority, contact information for the
IMT, its list of services and core activities, its scope of authority and operation, its purpose and
goals; along with a discussion of any governance structure;
— The goals and purposes of the team are especially important and require clear, unambiguous
definition;
— The scope of an IMT normally covers all of the organization's information systems, ICT services
and networks. In some cases, an organization can require the scope to be different (either
larger or narrower), in which case, it should be clearly documented what is in, and what is out
of, scope;
— Examples of IMT authority include searching and confiscating personal belongings, detaining
people and monitoring communications, where possible.
— An overview of the information security incident management awareness and training programme.
This should include any training mandates, policies, or requirements for staff-related employee
awareness training and incident management training for the IMT members.
5 Updating of information security policies
5.1 General
NOTE Clause 5, in its entirety, links to ISO/IEC 27035-1:2023, 5.2 b).
An organization should include information security incident management content in its information
security policies at the organizational level, as well as on specific ICT system, service and network
levels and relate this content to the incident management policy. The integration should aim to:
a) describe why information security incident management, particularly an information security
incident reporting and handling plan, is important;
b) indicate top management's commitment to the need for proper preparation and response to
information security incidents, i.e. to the information security incident management plan;
c) ensure consistency across the various policies;
d) ensure planned, systematic and composed responses to information security incidents, thus
minimizing the adverse consequences of incidents;
e) align with the organization’s risk management policies and practices.
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For guidance on information security risk assessment and management, see ISO/IEC 27005. Policy
documents should be reviewed regularly and updated when necessary. This should be a consequence of
the “learn lessons” phase. See also ISO/IEC 27002:2022, 5.1.
5.2 Linking of policy documents
An organization should update and maintain its organizational information security and risk
management policies, and specific system, service or network information security policies in tandem
to ensure they remain consistent and current. These organizational-level policies should refer explicitly
to the information security incident management policy and associated plans.
The organizational-level policies should include the requirement that appropriate review mechanisms
are established. These review mechanisms should ensure that information from the detection,
monitoring, resolution of and learning from information security incidents and from dealing with
reported information security vulnerabilities is used as input to the process designed to maintain
continuing effectiveness of the policies.
6 Creating information security incident management plan
6.1 General
NOTE 1 Clause 6, in its entirety, links to ISO/IEC 27035-1:2023, 5.2 c).
The aim of an information security incident management plan is to document the activities and
procedures for dealing with information security events, incidents and related vulnerabilities
discovered during an incident analysis and response, and to communicate them. The plan stems from
and is based on the information security incident management policy.
Overall, the documentation of the plan should encompass multiple documents including the forms,
procedures and organizational elements. It should also include support tools for the detection and
reporting of, assessment and decision making related to, responses to and learning lessons from
information security incidents.
The plan may include a high-level outline of the basic flow of incident management activities to provide
structure and pointers to the various detailed components of the plan. These components provide
the step-by-step instructions for incident handlers to follow using specific tools, following specific
workflows or handling specific types of incidents based on the situation.
The information security incident management plan comes into effect whenever an information
security event is detected or information security vulnerability is reported.
An organization should use the plan as a guide for:
a) detecting events and abnormal situations and reporting them;
b) responding to information security events;
c) determining whether information security events become information security incidents;
d) managing information security incidents to conclusion;
e) handling information security vulnerabilities discovered while responding to an incident;
NOTE 2 Security vulnerabilities are reported to the incident coordinator who redirects them to the team
responsible for vulnerability management.
f) requirements for reporting;
g) requirements for recording information (including its format) during the whole incident
management process;
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h) rules and circumstances under which information sharing with internal and external groups or
organizations can take place;
i) identifying lessons that can be learned, and any improvements to the plan and/or security in
general that are required.
Planning and preparation of an incident management plan should be undertaken by the process owner,
with a clear goal or set of goals for incident response within a defined scope based on the information
security incident management policy.
6.2 Information security incident management plan built on consensus
This document recommends the development of an information security incident management policy.
However, where there is no guiding policy or standard, prevailing law, or other authoritative source,
the incident management planning process should be based on consensus to ensure effective operation,
communication, and relationships with external organizations.
Terms and definitions should be normalized between the organization and partner organizations
where relevant. This includes names and identifiers for organizations and teams, information assets
and business processes. Where terminology is difficult or prone to misinterpretation, the incident
management plan should include standard terms and definitions in a glossary.
Roles and relationships with external IRTs and other response organizations, as well as response
activity structures and boundaries should be defined by the incident management process owner.
Responsibilities of interested parties can overlap and should be adjusted by consensus in the incident
management planning process. Where there is overlap on incident response decision boundaries, the
plan should identify a responsible party.
Interested parties and external IRTs often have disparate metrics. Planning participants should
evaluate the available metrics contributed by their respective parties or external organizations and
either agree by consensus on particular set(s) of existing metrics or agree to link the disparate metrics
using a reversible mapping. Regardless of approach, the plan should select or connect quantitative
metrics so that their scopes are identical and select or connect qualitative metrics with definitive
equivalence.
6.3 Interested parties
An organization should ensure that the information security incident management plan is acknowledged
by all personnel and associated contractors, ICT service providers, telecommunication providers and
outsourcing companies, thus covering the following responsibilities:
a) detecting and reporting information security events (this is the responsibility of any permanent or
contracted personnel in an organization and its companies);
b) assessing and responding to information security events and incidents, being involved in the post-
incident resolution activities of learning, and improving information security and the information
security incident management plan itself (this is the responsibility of interested parties including
the PoC (point of contact), the incident coordinator, the IRT, management, public relations personnel
and legal representatives);
c) dealing with information security vulnerabilities (this is the responsibility of skilled members
from vulnerability management).
The plan should also take into account any third-party users. Consideration should be given to
information security incidents and associated vulnerabilities reported from third party organizations,
government and commercial information security incident and vulnerability information provision
organizations.
If interested parties are expected to be actively involved in handling information security incidents,
then a clear division of roles and responsibilities should be made and everyone made aware of them.
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Division of roles should be accompanied with the agreed incident handoff protocol so that information
is exchanged in an expedient manner. If appropriate and possible, the incident handoff and information
exchange should be automated to speed up the process. This kind of scenario can arise if some of the
organization or IRT capabilities are outsourced to a third party. Examples include when the organization
uses cloud systems run by the third party, or when the third party performs digital forensics for the
organization, or when the organization works with a service provider in handling incidents.
6.4 Information security incident management plan content
Key decision-making criteria and processes to support expected management phases should be defined
and reviewed before the planning and preparation process. This requires available policy, formal or
informal understanding of assets and controls, and contribution from participants and management
support.
The content of the information security incident management plan should give an overview, as well
as specifying detailed activities. As noted above, the plan documentation should encompass multiple
documents including the forms, procedures, organizational elements and support tools.
The detailed activities, procedures and information should consider the following.
a) Plan and prepare.
1) A standardized approach to information security event/incident categorization and
classification, to enable the provision of consistent results. In any event, the decision should
be based on the actual or projected adverse consequences on the organization's business
operations, harm to individuals/other organizations and associated guidance;
NOTE Annex C shows example approaches to the categorization and classification of information
security events and incidents.
2) An information security incident register structured for the exchange of information is likely
to provide the capability to share reports/alerts, compare results, improve alert information
and enable a more accurate view of the threats to, and vulnerabilities of information systems.
The actual format and use of the incident register depend on the organization’s requirements.
For example, a very small organization may use documents, while a complex organization may
use more sophisticated technology such as relational databases and application tools;
3) Guidance for deciding whether escalation is required during each relevant process, and to
whom, and associated procedures. Based on the guidance provided in the information security
incident management plan, the incident coordinator should know under which circumstances
it is necessary to escalate matters and to whom it should be escalated. In addition, there are
unforeseen circumstances when this may be necessary. For example, a minor information
security incident can evolve to a significant or a crisis situation if not handled properly or a
minor information security incident not followed up timely can become a major information
security incident;
4) Procedures to be followed to ensure that all information security incident response activities
are properly logged and that log analysis is conducted by designated personnel;
5) Procedures and mechanisms to ensure that the change control regime is maintained covering
information security event, incident and related vulnerability tracking and information
security report updates, and updates to the plan itself;
6) Procedures for information security evidence recording, safeguarding and analysis;
7) Procedures for handover to law enforcement when a crime occurs;
8) On ICT systems, procedures and guidance on using intrusion detection systems (IDS) and
intrusion prevention systems (IPS), ensuring that associated legal and regulatory aspects
have been addressed. Guidance should include discussion of the advantages and disadvantages
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of undertaking attacker surveillance activities. Further information on IDS is contained in
ISO/IEC 27039;
9) Guidance and procedures associated with the technical and organizational controls and
mechanisms that are established, implemented and operated in order to prevent information
security incident occurrences and to reduce their likelihood, and to deal with information
security incidents as they occur;
10) Material for the information security event, incident and vulnerability management awareness
and training programme;
11) Procedures and specifications for the testing of the information security incident management
plan;
12) Organizational s
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Foreword . 5
Introduction . 6
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 2
3.1 Terms and definitions . 2
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 2
4 Information security incident management policy . 2
4.1 General . 2
4.2 Interested parties . 3
4.3 Information security incident management policy content . 3
5 Updating of information security policies . 6
5.1 General . 6
5.2 Linking of policy documents . 6
6 Creating information security incident management plan . 6
6.1 General . 6
6.2 Information security incident management plan built on consensus . 7
6.3 Interested parties . 8
6.4 Information security incident management plan content . 8
6.5 Incident classification scale . 12
6.6 Incident forms . 12
6.7 Documented processes and procedures . 13
6.8 Trust and confidence . 14
6.9 Handling confidential or sensitive information . 15
7 Establishing an incident management capability . 15
7.1 General . 15
7.2 Incident management team (IMT) establishment . 16
7.2.1 IMT structure . 16
7.2.2 IMT roles and responsibilities . 16
7.3 Incident response team (IRT) establishment . 18
7.3.1 IRT structure . 18
7.3.2 IRT types and roles . 19
7.3.3 IRT staff competencies . 20
8 Establishing internal and external relationships . 21
8.1 General . 21
8.2 Relationship with other parts of the organization . 21
8.3 Relationship with external interested parties . 22
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11.1 General . 27
11.2 Exercise . 28
11.2.1 Defining the goal of the exercise . 28
11.2.2 Defining the scope of an exercise . 28
11.2.3 Conducting an exercise . 29
11.3 Incident response capability monitoring . 29
11.3.1 Implementing an incident response capability monitoring programme . 29
11.3.2 Metrics and governance of incident response capability monitoring . 30
12 Lessons learned . 30
12.1 General . 30
12.2 Identifying areas for improvement . 31
12.3 Identifying and making improvements to the information security incident
management plan . 31
12.4 IRT Evaluation . 32
12.5 Identifying and making improvements to information security control
implementation . 33
12.6 Identifying and making improvements to information security risk assessment and
management review results . 33
12.7 Other improvements . 33
Annex A (informative) Considerations related to legal or regulatory requirements . 35
A.1 Introduction . 35
A.2 Data protection and privacy of personal information . 35
A.3 Record keeping . 35
A.4 Controls to ensure fulfilment of commercial contractual obligations . 35
A.5 Legal issues related to policies and procedures . 36
A.6 Disclaimers are checked for legal validity . 36
A.7 Contracts with external support personnel . 36
A.8 Non-disclosure agreements . 36
A.9 Law enforcement requirements . 36
A.10 Liability aspects . 36
A.11 Specific regulatory requirements . 37
A.12 Prosecutions, or internal disciplinary procedures. 37
A.13 Legal aspects . 37
A.14 Acceptable use policy . 37
Annex B (informative) Example forms for information security events, incidents and
vulnerability reports . 38
B.1 Introduction . 38
B.2 Example items in records . 38
B.2.1 Example items of the record for information security event . 38
B.2.2 Example items of the record for information security incident . 39
B.2.3 Example items of the record for information security vulnerability . 40
B.3 How to use forms . 40
B.3.1 Format of date and time . 40
B.3.2 Notes for completion . 40
B.4 Example forms . 42
B.4.1 Example form for information security event report . 42
B.4.2 Example form for information security incident report . 43
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C.3 Evaluation and prioritization of information security incidents . 56
Bibliography. 57
Foreword . viii
Introduction . x
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 2
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 2
3.1 Terms and definitions . 2
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 2
4 Information security incident management policy . 2
4.1 General . 2
4.2 Interested parties . 3
4.3 Information security incident management policy content . 4
5 Updating of information security policies . 6
5.1 General . 6
5.2 Linking of policy documents . 7
6 Creating information security incident management plan . 7
6.1 General . 7
6.2 Information security incident management plan built on consensus . 8
6.3 Interested parties . 8
6.4 Information security incident management plan content . 9
6.5 Incident classification scale . 13
6.6 Incident forms . 13
6.7 Documented processes and procedures . 13
6.8 Trust and confidence . 15
6.9 Handling confidential or sensitive information . 15
7 Establishing an incident management capability . 16
7.1 General . 16
7.2 Incident management team establishment . 16
7.2.1 IMT structure . 16
7.2.2 IMT roles and responsibilities . 18
7.3 Incident response team establishment . 20
7.3.1 IRT structure . 20
7.3.2 IRT types and roles . 21
7.3.3 IRT staff competencies . 23
8 Establishing internal and external relationships . 24
8.1 General . 24
8.2 Relationship with other parts of the organization . 24
8.3 Relationship with external interested parties . 25
9 Defining technical and other support . 26
9.1 General . 26
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11.2.2 Defining the scope of an exercise . 31
11.2.3 Conducting an exercise . 31
11.3 Incident response capability monitoring . 32
11.3.1 Implementing an incident response capability monitoring programme . 32
11.3.2 Metrics and governance of incident response capability monitoring . 32
12 Learn lessons . 33
12.1 General . 33
12.2 Identifying areas for improvement . 33
12.3 Identifying and making improvements to the information security incident
management plan . 34
12.4 IRT Evaluation . 34
12.5 Identifying and making improvements to information security control
implementation . 35
12.6 Identifying and making improvements to information security risk assessment and
management review results . 36
12.7 Other improvements . 36
Annex A (informative) Considerations related to legal or regulatory requirements . 37
Annex B (informative) Example forms for information security events, incidents and
vulnerability reports . 41
Annex C (informative) Example approaches to the categorization, evaluation and
prioritization of information security events and incidents . 59
Bibliography. 66
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There can be a large gap between an organization’s plan for an incident and an organization's
preparedness for an incident. Therefore, this document addresses the development of procedures to
increase the confidence of an organization’s actual readiness to respond to an information security
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1 Scope
This document provides guidelines to plan and prepare for incident response and to learn lessons
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The guidance given in this document is generic and intended to be applicable to all organizations,
regardless of type, size or nature. Organizations can adjust the guidance given in this document
according to their type, size and nature of business in relation to the information security risk
situation. This document is also applicable to external organizations providing information security
incident management services.
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An organizationorganization's information security incident management policy should provide the
formally documented principles and intentions used to direct decision-making. Supporting processes
and procedures ensures consistent application of the policy.
Any information security incident management policy should be part of the information security
strategy for an organization. It should also support the existing mission of its parent organization and
be in line with already existing policies and procedures.
An organization should implement an information security incident management policy that outlines
the processes, responsible persons, authority and reporting lines when an information security
event/incident occurs. The policy should be reviewed regularly to ensure it reflects the latest
organizational structure, processes, and technology that can affect incident management. The policy
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its information security incident management programprogramme are deciding factors in determining
which of these options to adopt. An organization should direct its information security incident
management policy at every person having legitimate access to its information systems and related
locations.
Before the information security incident management policy is formulated, the organization should
identify the following regarding its information security incident management:
a) principles, objectives and purpose; Formatted: Tab stops: 19.85 pt, Left + 39.7 pt, Left +
59.55 pt, Left + 79.4 pt, Left + 99.25 pt, Left + 119.05 pt,
Left + 138.9 pt, Left + 158.75 pt, Left + 178.6 pt, Left +
b) the scope, including not only which parts of the organization it applies to, but also what
198.45 pt, Left
information it applies to e.g. hardcopy, electronic, verbal;
c) internal and external interested parties;
d) specific incident types and vulnerabilities that are controlled, responded to and resolved;
e) any specific roles that are involved;
f) benefits to the whole organizat
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