NIST 800-171 3.6 - Incident Response

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-171 Audit reports provide documentation and compliance artifacts that help you demonstrate compliance with the requirements outlined by NIST 800-171.

The NIST 800-171 3.6 - Access Control report provides links to incident response and event analysis reporting features in the Alert Logic console that help demonstrate compliance with NIST 800-171 3.1 Basic Security Requirements 3.6.1 and 3.6.2.

To access the NIST 800-171 3.6 - Incident Response report:

  1. In the Alert Logic console, click the menu icon (), and then click Validate.
  2. Click Reports, and then click Compliance.
  3. Under NIST 800 171 Audit, click VIEW.
  4. Click NIST 800-171 3.6 - Incident Response.

The report summary page displays two columns. Basic Security Requirements list specific requirements from the NIST 800-171 family for protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in nonfederal systems and organizations. Available Documentation and Artifacts describes and contains links to the documentation and compliance artifacts that this report can generate to meet each requirement.

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  1. Click the drop-down menu in the filter, and then select or clear values.
  2. Click Apply.

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Requirement 3.6.1

Basic Security Requirement 3.6.1 requires organizations to establish an operational incident-handling capability for organizational systems that includes preparation, detection, analysis, containment, recovery, and user response activities.

This report section provides a link to the Alert Logic Event Analysis reports, where you can review summary, distribution, and trending data for security events detected across your environment. For more information about Event Analysis reports, see Event Analysis.

Requirement 3.6.2

Basic Security Requirement 3.6.2 requires organizations to track, document, and report incidents to designated officials and/or authorities both internal and external to the organization.

This section provides a link to the Alert Logic the Incidents page, where you can review security incidents in your environment and the actions taken in response. For more information about incidents and response actions, see Incidents.