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CC7.3 — Evaluation of security events

high incident-response

Requirement

The entity evaluates security events to determine whether they could or have resulted in a failure to meet objectives, and if so, takes action to prevent or address such failures.

What the engine looks for

Every group below must be satisfied — by an affirmative statement, not a plan, a hedge or a denial — for the control to count as covered. A term ending in … matches any word it begins. Supporting terms do not change the verdict — they raise confidence and distinguish a policy that names a mechanism from one that gestures at a category.

Required element 1 — any one of
security eventincidenttriageseverity
Supporting terms — specificity signals
classificationescalationp1sev1assessmentroot cause

Equivalent controls elsewhere

Matched on shared topics. Satisfying this control usually moves these too.

FrameworkControlTitleShared topics
ISO 27001 A.5.24 Information security incident management planning and preparation incident-response
GLBA 314.4(h) Written incident response plan incident-response
NIST CSF 2.0 RS.MA-01 The incident response plan is executed incident-response
NIST CSF 2.0 RS.MA-02 Incident reports are triaged and validated incident-response
NIST CSF 2.0 RS.AN-03 Root cause is determined incident-response
NIST CSF 2.0 RC.CO-03 Recovery activities are communicated incident-response
GDPR Art.33 Notification of a breach to the supervisory authority incident-response
ISO 27001 A.6.8 Information security event reporting incident-response