id: "IR-04(03)" title: "Continuity of Operations" family: "IR" family_name: "Incident Response" sort_id: "ir-04.03" priority: "P2" implementation_level: "organization" parent: "IR-04" enhancement: True
Statement
Identify {{ insert: param, ir-04.03_odp.01 }} and take the following actions in response to those incidents to ensure continuation of organizational mission and business functions: {{ insert: param, ir-04.03_odp.02 }}.
Guidance
Classes of incidents include malfunctions due to design or implementation errors and omissions, targeted malicious attacks, and untargeted malicious attacks. Incident response actions include orderly system degradation, system shutdown, fall back to manual mode or activation of alternative technology whereby the system operates differently, employing deceptive measures, alternate information flows, or operating in a mode that is reserved for when systems are under attack. Organizations consider whether continuity of operations requirements during an incident conflict with the capability to automatically disable the system as specified as part of IR-4(5).
Assessment Objective: {{ insert: param, ir-04.03_odp.01 }} are identified;
Assessment Objective: {{ insert: param, ir-04.03_odp.02 }} are taken in response to those incidents (defined in IR-04(03)_ODP[01]) to ensure the continuation of organizational mission and business functions.
Incident response policy
procedures addressing incident handling
incident response plan
privacy plan
list of classes of incidents
list of appropriate incident response actions
system security plan
other relevant documents or records
Organizational personnel with incident handling responsibilities
organizational personnel with information security responsibilities
Mechanisms that support and/or implement continuity of operations