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IR-04(08) Correlation with External Organizations

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.1.1+u4
All changes in this version
first version loaded IR part of IR-4

Title

Correlation with External Organizations

Control

Coordinate with [Assignment: external organizations] to correlate and share [Assignment: incident information] to achieve a cross-organization perspective on incident awareness and more effective incident responses.

Discussion

The coordination of incident information with external organizations—including mission or business partners, military or coalition partners, customers, and developers—can provide significant benefits. Cross-organizational coordination can serve as an important risk management capability. This capability allows organizations to leverage information from a variety of sources to effectively respond to incidents and breaches that could potentially affect the organization’s operations, assets, and individuals.

Parameters

ir-04.08_odp.01: external organizations
ir-04.08_odp.02: incident information

Related controls

au-16, pm-16

Assessment objective

IR-04(08) there is coordination with [Assignment: external organizations] to correlate and share [Assignment: incident information] to achieve a cross-organization perspective on incident awareness and more effective incident responses.

STIG rules that implement this control 0

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