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Threat Hypothesis Development

The organization shall develop threat hypotheses to guide hunting activities, identifying the threat actor techniques, behaviors, and indicators that will be investigated. Hypothesis development shall include analysis of threat intelligence, identification of adversary techniques, and formulation of testable hypotheses.

Requirement ID
SOC-004-R003
Parent Control
SOC-004
Domain Code
SOC

Requirement Details & Guidance

SOC-004-R003 · SOC-004
Why This Requirement Exists

Consistent triage prevents analysts from wasting time on noise while ensuring material threats receive timely investigation.

Implementation Guidance

Use documented triage procedures, enrich alerts with asset and identity context, classify severity, preserve evidence, and escalate confirmed incidents.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

SOC-004-R003 · Field Guidance

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        Best Practices & Ownership

        SOC-004 · Recommended Approach

        Recommended Practices

          Typical Owner

          Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

          Harmonized Control Mappings
          FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
          IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.18-3.2 – Threat Intelligence Process; §2.16-3.3 – Information systems logging and monitoring
          India
          Guideline
          		 vLatest View →
          RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 19) Incident Response & Management – 19(c) Collection and sharing of threat information from local/national/international sources; 22) Forensics – 22.1 Stand-by network forensics/forensic investigation/DDoS mitigation support
          India
          Regulation
          		 vLatest View →
          SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 4.2 DE.DP: Detection Process
          India
          Regulation
          		 vLatest 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(3) – Resources and capabilities to monitor user activity, anomalies and ICT-related incidents
          EU
          Regulation
          		 vCurrent View →
          ISO27002 ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a... Clause: 5.7 – Threat intelligence
          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 →
          PCI-DSS PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine... Clause: 11.5.1 – Intrusion-detection and/or intrusion-; 11.5.2 – A change-detection mechanism (for example,
          PCI
          Standard
          		 v4 View →
          NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: 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: 3.16 – RISK ASSESSMENT; RA-10 – THREAT HUNTING
          NIST
          Control Catalog
          		 vRev. 5 View →
          NPCI-ISR NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont... Clause: Operational Review; Logging and Monitoring
          India
          Standard
          		 vLatest View →
          SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: 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.
          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:
          Threat Hunting (SOC-004)
          Summary:
          Establishes threat hunting including planning, hypothesis development, execution, validation, documentation, reporting, lessons learned, review, and continuous improvement.
          Business Description:
          Establish and maintain proactive threat hunting activities to identify adversary behaviors, advanced threats, and indicators of compromise that evade automated detection mechanisms.
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