Incident Reporting Requirements


Incident reporting requirements describe the necessity of notifying external parties when certain incidents—notably data breaches—occur.

  • essential to identify breach types when assessing reporting requirements
    • data exfiltration
      • attacker breaks into a system and transfers data from private network to external network
      • suspected breaches have similar regulatory requirements to actual breaches
    • insider data exfiltration
    • device theft/lost
    • accidental data breach
    • integrity/availability
  • legal and regulatory requirements specify how to report each kind of breach
    • may describe timelines for notification
    • define disclosure requirements for each affected party