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External Communication

The organization shall establish processes for external communication during security incidents, ensuring external stakeholders are informed appropriately. External communication shall include notification of customers, partners, regulators, and other external parties as required, with communication timely, accurate, and compliant with regulatory requirements.

Requirement ID
INC-006-R003
Parent Control
Domain Code

Requirement Details & Guidance

INC-006-R003 · INC-006
Why This Requirement Exists

This requirement exists to ensure customers, partners, regulators, and other external parties receive accurate and compliant information when required and to ensure security incidents are handled consistently, promptly, and with clear accountability.

Implementation Guidance

Establish a documented process for ensure customers, partners, regulators, and other external parties receive accurate and compliant information when required. Define accountable roles, inputs and outputs, decision criteria, approval or escalation points, timeframes where applicable, evidence requirements, monitoring, reporting, review, and exception handling. Integrate the process with security operations, risk management, business continuity, legal, compliance, communications, and technology operations as appropriate.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

INC-006-R003 · Field Guidance

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        INC-006 · Recommended Approach

        Recommended Practices

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          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) > DSS04 – Managed Continuity > DSS04.06 – Conduct continuity plan training. 4.4 – Deliver, Service and Support (DSS) > DSS04 – Managed Continuity > DSS04.03 – Develop and implement a business continuity response.
          COBIT
          Governance Framework
          v2019 View →
          DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 14(1) – Crisis communication plans and responsible disclosure Article 14(2) – Internal and external communication policies Article 11(2)(e) – Communication, crisis management and competent-authority reporting
          EU
          Regulation
          vCurrent View →
          GDPR General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin... Clause: Article 34(1) – Communication of a personal data breach to the data subject
          EU
          Regulation
          vCurrent View →
          IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.10-3.5 – Notification to regulatory authorities; §1.6-12 – Legal & Compliance Team
          India
          Guideline
          vLatest View →
          ISO22301 ISO/IEC 22301 ISO 22301 specifies requirements for a Business Co... Clause: 8.4.3 – Warning and communication; 7.4 – Communication
          ISO
          Standard
          v2019 View →
          ISO27001 ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for... Clause: 7.4 – Communication
          ISO
          Standard
          v2022 View →
          NIS2 NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri... Clause: Article 21(2)(c) – Business continuity, including backup management, disaster recovery and crisis management
          EU
          Directive
          vCurrent View →
          NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: RS.MA – Incident Management | RS.MA-01 – The incident response plan is executed in coordination with relevant third parties once an incident is declared RS.AN – Incident Analysis | RS.AN-03 – Analysis is performed to establish what has taken place during an incident and the root cause of the incident RS.CO – Incident Response Reporting and Communication | RS.CO-03 – Information is shared with designated internal and external stakeholders
          NIST
          Framework
          v2 View →
          NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.8 – INCIDENT RESPONSE; IR-6 – INCIDENT REPORTING, IR-7 – INCIDENT RESPONSE ASSISTANCE
          NIST
          Control Catalog
          vRev. 5 View →
          NPCI-ISR NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont... Clause: Security Measures / Controls; Incident Management – Reporting
          India
          Standard
          vLatest View →
          PCI-DSS PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine... Clause: 12.10.1 – An incident response plan exists and is; 12.10.2 – At least once every 12 months, the security; 12.10.3 – Specific personnel are designated to be; 12.10.4 – Personnel responsible for responding to; 12.10.5 – The security incident response plan; 12.10.6 – The security incident response plan is; 12.10.7 – Incident response procedures are in place,
          PCI
          Standard
          v4 View →
          RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 19) Incident Response & Management – 19.6 Crisis communications, reputation management and capacity planning in resilience testing
          India
          Regulation
          vLatest View →
          SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 5.2 RS.CO: Incident Response Reporting and Communication
          India
          Regulation
          vLatest View →
          SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: 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. CC2.3 – Information and Communication – COSO Principle 15: The entity communicates with external parties regarding matters affecting the functioning of internal control. CC7.4 – System Operations – The entity responds to identified security incidents by executing a defined incident-response program to understand, contain, remediate, and communicate security incidents, as appropriate.
          AICPA
          Audit Framework
          vLatest 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

          Parent Control Context

          Control Baseline
          Control Name:
          Crisis Communication Management (INC-006)
          Summary:
          Establishes crisis communication including internal communication, external communication, media management, executive communication, stakeholder communication, approval, monitoring, review, and continuous improvement.
          Business Description:
          Establish and maintain communication processes for managing internal and external communications during cybersecurity incidents and business crises.