Device Class 1: Incident Monitoring

Control ID: IR-5 Incident Monitoring Family: Incident Response Source: NIST 800-53r4
Control: The organization tracks and documents information system security incidents.
Supplemental Guidance:
Documenting information system security incidents includes, for example, maintaining records about each incident, the status of the incident, and other pertinent information necessary for forensics, evaluating incident details, trends, and handling. Incident information can be obtained from a variety of sources including, for example, incident reports, incident response teams, audit monitoring, network monitoring, physical access monitoring, and user/administrator reports.

Related Controls: AU-6, IR-8, PE-6, SC-5, SC-7, SI-3, SI-4, SI-7
Control Enhancements:
(1) Incident Monitoring | Automated Tracking / Data Collection / Analysis
The organization employs automated mechanisms to assist in the tracking of security incidents and in the collection and analysis of incident information.
Supplemental Guidance: Automated mechanisms for tracking security incidents and collecting/analyzing incident information include, for example, the Einstein network monitoring device and monitoring online Computer Incident Response Centers (CIRCs) or other electronic databases of incidents.
Related Controls: AU-7, IR-4
References: N/A
Mechanisms:

  • The system shall support audit log functionality as specified in the AU family of controls.

Protocol Implementation Conformance Statements:
ID Statement Status Reference Notes
IR-5(1)/1 Support audit logging as specified in the AU family of controls M AU-*