Compliance Node Overview
CIS Controls v8.1 Control 17: Incident Response Management. CIS Controls 17 focuses on establishing a program to develop and maintain an incident response capability to prepare, detect, and respond to an attack. Control 17 is one of 18 CIS Controls in version 8.1 (revised June 2024) and is implemented through 9 Safeguards organized across CIS Implementation Groups IG1 (basic, applicable to all enterprises), IG2 (foundational, for resource-constrained enterprises with sensitive data), and IG3 (organizational, for mature enterprises with high-impact data). Each Safeguard maps to specific NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 controls per the CIS-NIST crosswalk and to NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 outcomes. Implementation evidence is required for SOC 2, FedRAMP, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and most cyber-insurance underwriting assessments. The deterministic workflow below provides the operational schema for verifying CIS Control 17 adoption in the organization.
Pillar: Cybersecurity · Authority: Center for Internet Security (CIS), CIS Controls Community · Version: 8.1.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.cisecurity.org/controls/incident-response-management
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- Attribution note: BLUF text quotes the publicly-available CIS Controls page meta description verbatim. Safeguard topic-area names referenced in the workflow steps are taken from the publicly-available CIS Controls list at and the CIS Controls Self-Assessment Tool (CSAT) — both of which expose Safeguard titles without the paywalled Safeguard descriptions. This node does NOT claim verbatim text from the paywalled CIS Controls v8.1 full publication; for full Safeguard descriptions, registered CIS users should consult the CIS Controls v8.1 PDF directly.
- CIS Controls v8.1 (revised June 2024), Control 17: Incident Response Management. Verbatim from the CIS publicly-published Controls page: 'CIS Controls 17 focuses on establishing a program to develop and maintain an incident response capability to prepare, detect, and respond to an attack.'
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