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ISO/IEC 27035-3

ISO/IEC 27035-3:2020 — Information technology — Information security incident management — Part 3: Guidelines for ICT incident response operations

(first edition)

Abstract

ISO/IEC 27035 part 3 “gives guidelines for information security incident  response in ICT security operations. [ISO/IEC 27035-3] does this by firstly  covering the operational aspects in ICT security operations from a  people, processes and technology perspective. It then further focuses on information security incident response in ICT security operations  including information security incident detection, reporting, triage,  analysis, response, containment, eradication, recovery and conclusion ...” 


Source: ISO/IEC 27035-3:2020]

Introduction

Part 3 concerns the 'security operations' elements in response to an IT incident. 

Scope

Part 3 concerns the organisation and processes necessary for the information security function to prepare for, and respond to, IT security events and incidents - mostly active, deliberate attacks in fact.

Structure

Main sections:

  • 5: Overview

  • 6: Common types of attacks

  • 7: Incident detection operations

  • 8: Incident notification operations

  • 9: Incident triage operations

  • 10: Incident analysis operations

  • 11: Incident containment, eradication and recovery operations

  • 12: Incident reporting operations

  • Annex A: Example of the incident criteria based on information security events and incidents

Status

The current first edition of part 3 was published in 2020.

Commentary

The standard’s title contains a commonplace but unexpanded abbreviation: ICT.   Plain old "IT" has included communications and networking for decades, so I'm not sure why they felt the need for the C.

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2 November 2025

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