NIST CSF: PR.IP-7 Subcategory

From NIST's Cyber Security Framework (version 1):

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CSF Mapped to SP800-53 Controls

Generated from NIST's SP800-53/CSF Crosswalk mappings.

Node
PM-6: Measures of Performance
CP-2: Contingency Plan
IR-8: Incident Response Plan
CA-2: Control Assessments
CA-7: Continuous Monitoring
PL-2: System Security and Privacy Plans

Related ISO 27001 Controls

Annex A controls from ISO 27001 (2013) which are related to this CSF subcategory, taken from mappings by NIST and additional data from Ofgem.

  • Learning from information security incidents (16.1.6)
    ISO 27001:2013

Related ISA/IEC 62443 Controls

Clauses and controls from IEC 62443 (62443-2-1 and 62443-3-3) which are related to this CSF subcategory, taken from mappings by NIST and additional data from Ofgem.

  • Monitor and evaluate industry CSMS strategies (4.4.3.6)
    ISA/IEC 62443-2-1:2009
  • Assign an organization to manage and implement changes to the CSMS (4.4.3.1)
    ISA/IEC 62443-2-1:2009
  • Identify and implement corrective and preventive actions (4.4.3.4)
    ISA/IEC 62443-2-1:2009
  • Monitor and evaluate applicable legislation relevant to cyber security (4.4.3.7)
    ISA/IEC 62443-2-1:2009
  • Establish triggers to evaluate CSMS (4.4.3.3)
    ISA/IEC 62443-2-1:2009
  • Request and report employee feedback on security suggestions (4.4.3.8)
    ISA/IEC 62443-2-1:2009
  • Review risk tolerance (4.4.3.5)
    ISA/IEC 62443-2-1:2009
  • Evaluate the CSMS periodically (4.4.3.2)
    ISA/IEC 62443-2-1:2009

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

See which MITRE ATT&CK techniques this control helps to protect against. This is based on mappings to associated SP800-53 controls.

ATT&CK ID Title Associated Tactics
T1561 Disk Wipe Impact
T1561.001 Disk Content Wipe Impact
T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact Impact
T1490 Inhibit System Recovery Impact
T1491.001 Internal Defacement Impact
T1485 Data Destruction Impact
T1561.002 Disk Structure Wipe Impact
T1491.002 External Defacement Impact
T1491 Defacement Impact
T1195 Supply Chain Compromise Initial Access
T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
T1195.001 Compromise Software Dependencies and Development Tools Initial Access
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
T1195.002 Compromise Software Supply Chain Initial Access
T1552.001 Credentials In Files Credential Access
T1090.001 Internal Proxy Command and Control
T1036.003 Rename System Utilities Defense Evasion
T1552 Unsecured Credentials Credential Access
T1048.003 Exfiltration Over Unencrypted Non-C2 Protocol Exfiltration
T1048.002 Exfiltration Over Asymmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol Exfiltration
T1574.004 Dylib Hijacking Defense Evasion, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1528 Steal Application Access Token Credential Access
T1218.011 Rundll32 Defense Evasion
T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
T1071.004 DNS Command and Control
T1003.005 Cached Domain Credentials Credential Access
T1564.004 NTFS File Attributes Defense Evasion
T1218 System Binary Proxy Execution Defense Evasion
T1499.001 OS Exhaustion Flood Impact
T1569 System Services Execution
T1036.005 Match Legitimate Name or Location Defense Evasion
T1037.005 Startup Items Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1189 Drive-by Compromise Initial Access
T1546.013 PowerShell Profile Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1008 Fallback Channels Command and Control
T1557.003 DHCP Spoofing Collection, Credential Access
T1571 Non-Standard Port Command and Control
T1001.001 Junk Data Command and Control
T1003.006 DCSync Credential Access
T1218.012 Verclsid Defense Evasion
T1201 Password Policy Discovery Discovery
T1003.002 Security Account Manager Credential Access
T1222.002 Linux and Mac File and Directory Permissions Modification Defense Evasion
T1110.003 Password Spraying Credential Access
T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel Exfiltration
T1570 Lateral Tool Transfer Lateral Movement
T1555 Credentials from Password Stores Credential Access
T1205.001 Port Knocking Command and Control, Defense Evasion, Persistence
T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service Impact
T1197 BITS Jobs Defense Evasion, Persistence
T1055.009 Proc Memory Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation
T1132.002 Non-Standard Encoding Command and Control
T1562.002 Disable Windows Event Logging Defense Evasion
T1552.002 Credentials in Registry Credential Access
T1566.002 Spearphishing Link Initial Access
T1021.002 SMB/Windows Admin Shares Lateral Movement
T1602 Data from Configuration Repository Collection
T1548.003 Sudo and Sudo Caching Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation
T1072 Software Deployment Tools Execution, Lateral Movement
T1563.001 SSH Hijacking Lateral Movement
T1566.003 Spearphishing via Service Initial Access
T1599 Network Boundary Bridging Defense Evasion
T1080 Taint Shared Content Lateral Movement
T1110 Brute Force Credential Access
T1568 Dynamic Resolution Command and Control
T1558.002 Silver Ticket Credential Access
T1046 Network Service Discovery Discovery
T1078.004 Cloud Accounts Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1558.003 Kerberoasting Credential Access
T1036 Masquerading Defense Evasion
T1553.003 SIP and Trust Provider Hijacking Defense Evasion
T1542.005 TFTP Boot Defense Evasion, Persistence
T1053.006 Systemd Timers Execution, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1574.009 Path Interception by Unquoted Path Defense Evasion, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1036.007 Double File Extension Defense Evasion
T1048.001 Exfiltration Over Symmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol Exfiltration
T1003.004 LSA Secrets Credential Access
T1001.003 Protocol Impersonation Command and Control
T1498 Network Denial of Service Impact
T1550.003 Pass the Ticket Defense Evasion, Lateral Movement
T1552.004 Private Keys Credential Access
T1546.003 Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1037 Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment Initial Access
T1602.002 Network Device Configuration Dump Collection
T1001 Data Obfuscation Command and Control
T1052.001 Exfiltration over USB Exfiltration
T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification Defense Evasion
T1176 Browser Extensions Persistence
T1070.002 Clear Linux or Mac System Logs Defense Evasion
T1003.001 LSASS Memory Credential Access
T1030 Data Transfer Size Limits Exfiltration
T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation Impact
T1059.005 Visual Basic Execution
T1489 Service Stop Impact
T1546.016 Installer Packages Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1070.009 Clear Persistence Defense Evasion
T1102.001 Dead Drop Resolver Command and Control
T1598.003 Spearphishing Link Reconnaissance
T1110.004 Credential Stuffing Credential Access
T1204.001 Malicious Link Execution
T1095 Non-Application Layer Protocol Command and Control
T1565.003 Runtime Data Manipulation Impact
T1037.002 Login Hook Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1213 Data from Information Repositories Collection
T1573.002 Asymmetric Cryptography Command and Control
T1562.001 Disable or Modify Tools Defense Evasion
T1213.002 Sharepoint Collection
T1037.004 RC Scripts Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1104 Multi-Stage Channels Command and Control
T1213.001 Confluence Collection
T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access Credential Access
T1056.002 GUI Input Capture Collection, Credential Access
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
T1090.002 External Proxy Command and Control
T1556.001 Domain Controller Authentication Credential Access, Defense Evasion, Persistence
T1574 Hijack Execution Flow Defense Evasion, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1647 Plist File Modification Defense Evasion
T1598.002 Spearphishing Attachment Reconnaissance
T1537 Transfer Data to Cloud Account Exfiltration
T1542.004 ROMMONkit Defense Evasion, Persistence
T1048 Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol Exfiltration
T1552.005 Cloud Instance Metadata API Credential Access
T1132 Data Encoding Command and Control
T1562.004 Disable or Modify System Firewall Defense Evasion
T1574.007 Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable Defense Evasion, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1574.008 Path Interception by Search Order Hijacking Defense Evasion, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1555.001 Keychain Credential Access
T1530 Data from Cloud Storage Collection
T1102 Web Service Command and Control
T1555.002 Securityd Memory Credential Access
T1219 Remote Access Software Command and Control
T1558 Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets Credential Access
T1111 Multi-Factor Authentication Interception Credential Access
T1221 Template Injection Defense Evasion
T1213.003 Code Repositories Collection
T1204 User Execution Execution
T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact
T1090.003 Multi-hop Proxy Command and Control
T1498.002 Reflection Amplification Impact
T1558.004 AS-REP Roasting Credential Access
T1569.002 Service Execution Execution
T1003.007 Proc Filesystem Credential Access
T1070.003 Clear Command History Defense Evasion
T1205 Traffic Signaling Command and Control, Defense Evasion, Persistence
T1574.013 KernelCallbackTable Defense Evasion, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1622 Debugger Evasion Defense Evasion, Discovery
T1185 Browser Session Hijacking Collection
T1599.001 Network Address Translation Traversal Defense Evasion
T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie Credential Access
T1211 Exploitation for Defense Evasion Defense Evasion
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
T1598 Phishing for Information Reconnaissance
T1204.003 Malicious Image Execution
T1218.002 Control Panel Defense Evasion
T1070.007 Clear Network Connection History and Configurations Defense Evasion
T1070 Indicator Removal Defense Evasion
T1557.001 LLMNR/NBT-NS Poisoning and SMB Relay Collection, Credential Access
T1543 Create or Modify System Process Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1598.001 Spearphishing Service Reconnaissance
T1557.002 ARP Cache Poisoning Collection, Credential Access
T1102.002 Bidirectional Communication Command and Control
T1110.002 Password Cracking Credential Access
T1547.013 XDG Autostart Entries Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1003.003 NTDS Credential Access
T1499.002 Service Exhaustion Flood Impact
T1564.010 Process Argument Spoofing Defense Evasion
T1001.002 Steganography Command and Control
T1557 Adversary-in-the-Middle Collection, Credential Access
T1090 Proxy Command and Control
T1562 Impair Defenses Defense Evasion
T1132.001 Standard Encoding Command and Control
T1187 Forced Authentication Credential Access
T1568.002 Domain Generation Algorithms Command and Control
T1078.003 Local Accounts Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation
T1602.001 SNMP (MIB Dump) Collection
T1572 Protocol Tunneling Command and Control
T1565 Data Manipulation Impact
T1070.001 Clear Windows Event Logs Defense Evasion
T1547.003 Time Providers Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1021.005 VNC Lateral Movement
T1003.008 /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow Credential Access
T1037.003 Network Logon Script Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1562.006 Indicator Blocking Defense Evasion
T1029 Scheduled Transfer Exfiltration
T1546.004 Unix Shell Configuration Modification Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium Exfiltration
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer Command and Control
T1499.003 Application Exhaustion Flood Impact
T1218.010 Regsvr32 Defense Evasion
T1573 Encrypted Channel Command and Control
T1102.003 One-Way Communication Command and Control
T1078 Valid Accounts Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1204.002 Malicious File Execution
T1071.002 File Transfer Protocols Command and Control
T1222.001 Windows File and Directory Permissions Modification Defense Evasion
T1110.001 Password Guessing Credential Access
T1566 Phishing Initial Access
T1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service Exfiltration
T1498.001 Direct Network Flood Impact
T1003 OS Credential Dumping Credential Access
T1070.008 Clear Mailbox Data Defense Evasion
T1078.001 Default Accounts Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1071.001 Web Protocols Command and Control
T1556 Modify Authentication Process Credential Access, Defense Evasion, Persistence
T1071 Application Layer Protocol Command and Control
T1071.003 Mail Protocols Command and Control
T1543.002 Systemd Service Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1573.001 Symmetric Cryptography Command and Control

CSF Mapped to the NCSC CAF

Cyber Assessment Framework mappings generated from UK Cabinet Office data.

Control ID Name Description
D2.b Using Incidents to Drive Improvements Your organisation uses lessons learned from incidents to improve your security measures.
B1.a Policy and Process Development You have developed and continue to improve a set of cyber security and resilience policies and processes that manage and mitigate the risk of adverse impact on the essential function.