Incident Response Preparedness (INC-002) - Universal Control Library

Criticality High Active

Control ID

INC-002

Domain Code

INC

Control Nature

Preventive

Business Owner

Incident Response Lead

Control Overview

INC-002 · Full Control Profile

Business Description

Establish and maintain incident response readiness through trained response teams, incident playbooks, response technologies, communication mechanisms, exercises, and operational readiness activities.

Business Objective

Ensure the organization is prepared to respond effectively to cybersecurity incidents.

Business Benefits

Business Risks if Missing

Stakeholders, Industries & Technologies

INC-002 · Operating Context

Primary Stakeholders

Applicable Industries

Applicable Technologies

Mapped Regulatory & Industry Frameworks

Harmonized Framework Mappings

The following compliance and regulatory frameworks map directly to this control's governance scope.

FRAMEWORK CODE	FRAMEWORK NAME & DESCRIPTION	FAMILY / CATEGORY	VERSION	ACTION
CIS-V8	CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit...	CIS Best Practice	vv8	View →
COBIT2019	COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f...	COBIT Governance Framework	v2019	View →
DORA	Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis...	EU Regulation	vCurrent	View →
GDPR	General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin...	EU Regulation	vCurrent	View →
IRDAI	IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements...	India Guideline	vLatest	View →
ISO22301	ISO/IEC 22301 ISO 22301 specifies requirements for a Business Co...	ISO Standard	v2019	View →
ISO27002	ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a...	ISO Standard	v2022	View →
NIS2	NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri...	EU Directive	vCurrent	View →
NIST-CSF	NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev...	NIST Framework	v2	View →
NIST80053	NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i...	NIST Control Catalog	vRev. 5	View →
NPCI-ISR	NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont...	India Standard	vLatest	View →
PCI-DSS	PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine...	PCI Standard	v4	View →
RBI-CSF	RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set...	India Regulation	vLatest	View →
SEBI-CSCRF	SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor...	India Regulation	vLatest	View →
SOC2	SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting...	AICPA Audit Framework	vLatest	View →
HIPAA	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA is a U.S. federal law supported by implement...	US Law	vCurrent	View →
CERT-IN	CERT-In Directions The CERT-In Directions issued under India’s Inform...	India Direction	v2022	View →
ISO27001	ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for...	ISO Standard	v2022	View →

Parent Domain Context

Governance Domain Baseline

Domain Name:

Incident Management (INC)

Purpose:

To effectively detect, respond to, and recover from security and privacy incidents.

Scope:

Enterprise

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Compliance Requirements & Audit Crosswalk

10 Specific Audit Clauses

The following requirements dictate specific audit evidence criteria and testing steps mapped directly under this control.

REQUIREMENT ID	REQUIREMENT TITLE & DETAILS	MAPPED CONTROL	TYPICAL OWNER	ACTION
INC-002-R001	Preparedness Framework The organization shall establish an inci...	INC-002 Incident Response Preparedness	Incident Response Manager, Security Operations, IT Operations, Business Continuity	View ↗
INC-002-R002	Incident Response Team The organization shall establish a quali...	INC-002 Incident Response Preparedness	Incident Response Manager, Security Operations, IT Operations, Business Continuity	View ↗
INC-002-R003	Incident Playbooks The organization shall develop and maint...	INC-002 Incident Response Preparedness	Incident Response Manager, Security Operations, IT Operations, Business Continuity	View ↗
INC-002-R004	Response Technologies The organization shall implement and mai...	INC-002 Incident Response Preparedness	Incident Response Manager, Security Operations, IT Operations, Business Continuity	View ↗
INC-002-R005	Communication Readiness The organization shall establish communi...	INC-002 Incident Response Preparedness	Incident Response Manager, Security Operations, IT Operations, Business Continuity	View ↗
INC-002-R006	Tabletop Exercises The organization shall conduct regular t...	INC-002 Incident Response Preparedness	Incident Response Manager, Security Operations, IT Operations, Business Continuity	View ↗
INC-002-R007	Technical Simulations The organization shall conduct regular t...	INC-002 Incident Response Preparedness	Incident Response Manager, Security Operations, IT Operations, Business Continuity	View ↗
INC-002-R008	Readiness Assessment The organization shall conduct readiness...	INC-002 Incident Response Preparedness	Incident Response Manager, Security Operations, IT Operations, Business Continuity	View ↗
INC-002-R009	Preparedness Reporting The organization shall report on inciden...	INC-002 Incident Response Preparedness	Incident Response Manager, Security Operations, IT Operations, Business Continuity	View ↗
INC-002-R010	Continuous Improvement The organization shall establish a conti...	INC-002 Incident Response Preparedness	Incident Response Manager, Security Operations, IT Operations, Business Continuity	View ↗