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Detect, mitigate, and contain data-integrity events as one response workflow

NIST SP 1800-26 addresses detecting and responding to ransomware and other destructive data-integrity events. The project describes methods and potential tool sets to detect, mitigate, contain, and support response to data-integrity events.

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Expose shared recovery-resource conflicts across related service-continuity plans

A service-continuity plan should identify other continuity plans that affect it or are affected by it. Dependency review should include upstream and downstream services, vendors, outsourced processes, technology suppliers, and competition for recovery staff and space.

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Extend business impact analysis from availability to every mission-relevant loss

NIST IR 8286D says business impact analysis can extend beyond availability to the mission impact of any type of loss. The described process links mission objectives to enabling assets, criticality and sensitivity factors, and risk prioritization and response.

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Identify devices, data, applications, and vulnerabilities before a destructive data event

NIST SP 1800-25 treats devices, data, and applications as assets that can become targets of data-integrity attacks. Its example solution combines asset identification and protection methods including backups, secure storage, integrity checks, logs, and vulnerability management.

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Keep system plans current with control status and named responsibilities

NIST SP 800-18 Rev. 2 collectively calls the system security, privacy, and C-SCRM plans 'system plans.'. NIST says those plans describe system purpose, control operational status, and responsibilities and expected behavior of people who manage, support, and access the system.

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Prioritize cyber risks by enterprise impact before selecting a response

NIST IR 8286B describes prioritizing identified cybersecurity risks by their potential impact on enterprise objectives. It describes adding priority and response information to a cybersecurity risk register in support of an enterprise risk register.

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