id: "IR-08(01)" title: "Breaches" family: "IR" family_name: "Incident Response" sort_id: "ir-08.01" priority: "P2" implementation_level: "organization" parent: "IR-08" enhancement: True
Statement
Include the following in the Incident Response Plan for breaches involving personally identifiable information:
A process to determine if notice to individuals or other organizations, including oversight organizations, is needed;
An assessment process to determine the extent of the harm, embarrassment, inconvenience, or unfairness to affected individuals and any mechanisms to mitigate such harms; and
Identification of applicable privacy requirements.
Guidance
Organizations may be required by law, regulation, or policy to follow specific procedures relating to breaches, including notice to individuals, affected organizations, and oversight bodies; standards of harm; and mitigation or other specific requirements.
Assessment Objective: the incident response plan for breaches involving personally identifiable information includes a process to determine if notice to individuals or other organizations, including oversight organizations, is needed;
Assessment Objective: the incident response plan for breaches involving personally identifiable information includes an assessment process to determine the extent of the harm, embarrassment, inconvenience, or unfairness to affected individuals and any mechanisms to mitigate such harms;
Assessment Objective: the incident response plan for breaches involving personally identifiable information includes the identification of applicable privacy requirements.
Incident response policy
procedures addressing incident response planning
incident response plan
system security plan
privacy plan
records of incident response plan reviews and approvals
other relevant documents or records
Organizational personnel with incident response planning responsibilities
organizational personnel with information security and privacy responsibilities
Organizational incident response plan and related organizational processes