NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5
IR-4
Incident Response

Incident Handling

Description

a. Implement an incident handling capability for incidents that is consistent with the incident response plan and includes preparation, detection and analysis, containment, eradication, and recovery; b. Coordinate incident handling activities with contingency planning activities; c. Incorporate lessons learned from ongoing incident handling activities into incident response procedures, training, and testing, and implement the resulting changes accordingly; and d. Ensure the rigor, intensity, scope, and results of incident handling activities are comparable and predictable across the organization.

Mapped SPARTA techniques

157 techniques

Cross-framework references

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Referenced by 24 in NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0

Cite as SafeMode Space, nist-80053-rev5 IR-4.

Built 2026-07-25 from 216 techniques, 334 regulation articles, 125 ENISA controls, 2,610 framework controls, and 90 countermeasures.