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Detection Reporting

The organization shall report on threat detection, providing visibility into detection status, alerts, and effectiveness. Reporting shall include detection summaries, alert reports, and effectiveness assessments, presented in a format that facilitates understanding and decision-making.

Requirement ID
SOC-002-R008
Parent Control
SOC-002
Domain Code
SOC

Requirement Details & Guidance

SOC-002-R008 · SOC-002
Why This Requirement Exists

Centralized, reliable telemetry is necessary to detect suspicious activity and reconstruct security events.

Implementation Guidance

Identify required log sources, collect them securely, synchronize time, define retention, protect log integrity, and monitor collection health.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

SOC-002-R008 · Field Guidance

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    Common Audit Findings

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        Best Practices & Ownership

        SOC-002 · Recommended Approach

        Recommended Practices

          Typical Owner

          Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

          Harmonized Control Mappings
          FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
          COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.4 – Deliver, Service and Support (DSS) > DSS05 – Managed Security Services > DSS05.07 – Manage vulnerabilities and monitor the infrastructure for
          COBIT
          Governance Framework
          		 v2019 View →
          DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 10(1) – Mechanisms to promptly detect anomalous activities and ICT-related incidents Article 10(2) – Multiple detection layers, alert thresholds and incident-response triggers
          EU
          Regulation
          		 vCurrent View →
          GDPR General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin... Clause: Article 32(1)(d) – Testing, assessing and evaluating security measures
          EU
          Regulation
          		 vCurrent View →
          HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA is a U.S. federal law supported by implement... Clause: § 164.312(d)(2)(i) Monitor and identify
          US
          Law
          		 vCurrent View →
          IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.16-3.3 – Information systems logging and monitoring; §2.18-3.2 – Threat Intelligence Process
          India
          Guideline
          		 vLatest View →
          ISO27001 ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for... Clause: 7.4 – Communication
          ISO
          Standard
          		 v2022 View →
          ISO27002 ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a... Clause: 8.16 – Monitoring activities
          ISO
          Standard
          		 v2022 View →
          NIS2 NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri... Clause: Article 21(2)(b) – Incident handling
          EU
          Directive
          		 vCurrent View →
          NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: GV.OV – Oversight | GV.OV-03 – Organizational cybersecurity risk management performance is evaluated and reviewed for adjustments needed DE.CM – Continuous Monitoring | DE.CM-09 – Computing hardware and software, runtime environments, and their data are monitored to find potentially adverse events DE.AE – Adverse Event Analysis | DE.AE-02 – Potentially adverse events are analyzed to better understand associated activities
          NIST
          Framework
          		 v2 View →
          NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.19 – SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY, 3.3 – AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY; SI-4 – SYSTEM MONITORING, AU-6 – AUDIT RECORD REVIEW, ANALYSIS, AND REPORTING, Analysis, And Reporting
          NIST
          Control Catalog
          		 vRev. 5 View →
          NPCI-ISR NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont... Clause: Operational Review; Logging and Monitoring – Alerts and Tracking
          India
          Standard
          		 vLatest View →
          PCI-DSS PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine... Clause: 10.2.1 – Audit logs are enabled and active for all; 10.4.1 – The following audit logs are reviewed at least; 10.4.2 – Logs of all other system components (those; 10.4.3 – Exceptions and anomalies identified during
          PCI
          Standard
          		 v4 View →
          RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 4) Network Management and Security – 4.9 SOC monitoring of network logs and escalation of abnormal activity; 13) Advanced Real-time Threat Defence and Management – 13.2 Anti-malware/antivirus and behavioural detection across endpoints, servers, gateways and wireless/SMS, with central monitoring; 16) Maintenance, Monitoring, and Analysis of Audit Logs – 16.2 Systematic audit-log management and analysis for detection, understanding and recovery
          India
          Regulation
          		 vLatest View →
          SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 4.1 DE.CM: Security Continuous Monitoring; 4.2 DE.DP: Detection Process
          India
          Regulation
          		 vLatest View →
          SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: CC7.1 – System Operations – To meet its objectives, the entity uses detection and monitoring procedures to identify (1) changes to configurations that result in the introduction of new vulnerabilities, and (2) susceptibilities to newly discovered vulnerabilities. CC7.2 – System Operations – The entity monitors system components and the operation of those components for anomalies that are indicative of malicious acts, natural disasters, and errors affecting the entity's ability to meet its objectives; anomalies are analyzed to determine whether they represent security events. CC7.3 – System Operations – The entity evaluates security events to determine whether they could or have resulted in a failure of the entity to meet its objectives (security incidents) and, if so, takes actions to prevent or address such failures. CC2.2 – Information and Communication – COSO Principle 14: The entity internally communicates information, including objectives and responsibilities for internal control, necessary to support the functioning of internal control.
          AICPA
          Audit Framework
          		 vLatest View →

          Parent Domain Context

          Governance Domain Baseline
          Domain Name:
          Security Operations & Monitoring (SOC)
          Purpose:
          To maintain situational awareness of security events and manage security operations.
          Scope:
          Enterprise
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          Parent Control Context

          Control Baseline
          Control Name:
          Security Threat Detection (SOC-002)
          Summary:
          Establishes threat detection including use cases, rule management, behavioral analytics, network analysis, validation, alert prioritization, reporting, review, and continuous improvement.
          Business Description:
          Establish and maintain capabilities to detect malicious activities using security events, telemetry, behavioral analytics, network analysis, endpoint telemetry, and threat intelligence.
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