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IR-04(06) Insider Threats

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
All changes in this version
unchanged IR part of IR-4

Title

Insider Threats

Control

Implement an incident handling capability for incidents involving insider threats.

Discussion

Explicit focus on handling incidents involving insider threats provides additional emphasis on this type of threat and the need for specific incident handling capabilities to provide appropriate and timely responses.

Assessment objective

IR-04(06) an incident handling capability is implemented for incidents involving insider threats.

STIG rules that implement this control 0

No followed STIG rule cites a CCI indexed to this control (CCI list 2026-07-14).