SM-08 Incident & Security Monitoring

Incident Management

IT incidents follow a consistent lifecycle.

Domain
Incident & Security Monitoring
Control type
Detective
Automated / manual
Manual
Frequency
Per event
Framework reference
COBIT DSS02; MAS TRM – Resilience

What good looks like

Incidents logged, categorised, prioritised, escalated, resolved; majors post-reviewed.

Risk if it fails

Prolonged outages; unmanaged incidents.

How Tess tests it

4 tests — each concludes only on cited evidence.

Incident process w/ categorisation/SLA/escalation

Design
Procedure
Inspect the process.
Expected
Defined.
Sample
1 (design inspection)
Evidence
Incident tickets, escalation/SLA evidence, post-reviews.

Incidents logged and classified

Operating
Procedure
Sample incidents.
Expected
Recorded and categorised.
Sample
Judgmental, by population (e.g. 10–25)
Evidence
Incident tickets, escalation/SLA evidence, post-reviews.

SLAs/escalation followed

Operating
Procedure
Inspect handling.
Expected
SLA/escalation met.
Sample
Judgmental, by population (e.g. 10–25)
Evidence
Incident tickets, escalation/SLA evidence, post-reviews.

Major-incident post-reviews performed

Operating
Procedure
Inspect PIRs for majors.
Expected
Conducted for major incidents.
Sample
Judgmental, by population (e.g. 10–25)
Evidence
Incident tickets, escalation/SLA evidence, post-reviews.

Evidence Tess looks for

Incident tickets, escalation/SLA evidence, post-reviews.

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