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NIST 800-171 R-3.6.1

Establish an Incident-Handling Capability

Official citation: 3.6.1

Class: core · Severity: critical

Statement of the obligation — verify against source

3.6.1

What it means

Build an operational incident-handling capability covering preparation, detection, analysis, containment, recovery, and user-response activities. Draw incident information from audit and network monitoring, physical-access monitoring, user and administrator reports, and supply-chain events, and coordinate across mission owners, system owners, HR, legal, security, operations, and procurement. Provide incident-response training matched to each role, and offer user assistance such as help-desk support and access to forensics.

Educational reference only — not legal advice. Consult a qualified assessor or attorney for binding compliance determinations.