+3. Incident handling
---+3.1 Incident handling policy
------+3.1.1 For the purpose of Article 21(2), point (b) of Directive (EU) 2022/2555, the relevant entities …
------+3.1.2 The policy referred to in point 3.1.1 shall be coherent with the business continuity and disaster …
------+3.1.3 The roles, responsibilities and procedures laid down in the policy shall be tested and reviewed …
---+3.2 Monitoring and logging
------+3.2.1 The relevant entities shall lay down procedures and use tools to monitor and log activities on …
------+3.2.2 To the extent feasible, monitoring shall be automated and carried out either continuously or in …
------+3.2.3 Based on the procedures referred to in point 3.2.1., the relevant entities shall maintain, document …
------+3.2.4 The logs shall be regularly reviewed for any unusual or unwanted trends. Where appropriate, the …
------+3.2.5 The relevant entities shall maintain and back up logs for a predefined period and shall protect …
------+3.2.6 To the extent feasible, the relevant entities shall ensure that all systems have synchronised time …
------+3.2.7 The procedures as well as the list of assets that are being logged shall be reviewed and, where …
---+3.3 Event reporting
------+3.3.1 The relevant entities shall put in place a simple mechanism allowing their employees, suppliers and …
------+3.3.2 The relevant entities shall, where appropriate, communicate the event reporting mechanism to their …
---+3.4 Event assessment and classification
------+3.4.1 The relevant entities shall assess suspicious events to determine whether they constitute incidents …
------+3.4.2 For the purpose of point 3.4.1, the relevant entities shall act in the following manner: (a) carry …
---+3.5 Incident response
------+3.5.1 The relevant entities shall respond to incidents in accordance with documented procedures and in a …
------+3.5.2 The incident response procedures shall include the following stages: (a) incident containment, to …
------+3.5.3 The relevant entities shall establish communication plans and procedures: (a) with the Computer …
------+3.5.4 The relevant entities shall log incident response activities in accordance with the procedures …
------+3.5.5 The relevant entities shall test at planned intervals their incident response procedures.
---+3.2.1 and record evidence.
---+3.6 Post-incident reviews
------+3.6.1 Where appropriate, the relevant entities shall carry out post-incident reviews after recovery from …
------+3.6.2 The relevant entities shall ensure that post-incident reviews contribute to improving their …
------+3.6.3 The relevant entities shall review at planned intervals if incidents led to post-incident reviews.

3. Incident handling

Incident handling

1. Ħarsa ġenerali

3.1 Incident handling policy

Mapping to standards and frameworks

ISO standard 27001:2022A.5 .24
NIST Cybersecurity Framework v2.0GV.SC-08, RS.MA-01, RS.MA-05, RS.MI-01, RS.MI-02, ID.IM-01, ID.IM-04
ETSI Standard EN 319 401 V3.1.1REQ-7.9.2-12X, REQ-7.9.2-01X, REQ-7.9.2-04X, REQ-7.9.2-05X, REQ-7.9.2-12X, REQ-7.9.2-06X, REQ-7.9.2-08X , REQ-7.9.3-01X through 04X, REQ-7.9.4-01X and 02X
CEN/TS 18026:2024ISP-02, IM-01, IM-07
BE-CyFun®2023BASIC: RS.RP-1.1
IMPORTANT: ID.AM-6.1, PR.IP-9.1, RS.CO-1.1, RS.MI-1.1, RC.RP-1.1
FI-KybermittariRESPONSE-1, RESPONSE-2, RESPONSE-3, RESPONSE-5, CRITICAL-3
EL- Ministerial decision 1689/2025Ministerial decision 1689/2025: articles 24a, 24f
Cybersecurity Handbook: Part B: 17.1
Self-assessment tool: 18.1
ENS-Royal Decree 311/2022Article 12, Article 24, Article 25, Article 33, Article 34,
Technical Security Instruction for Notification of Security Incidents ,
Annex II: [op.exp.7] Incident management, [op.exp.9] Incident management record, [op.mon.1] Intrusion detection, [op.mon.2] Metrics system, [op.mon.3] Monitoring, [op.cont.2] Continuity plan
FR2.C.1-IE/EE
2.C.2-IE/EE
2.C.3-IE/EE
12.1-EE
12.2-EE
12.3-IE/EE
12.4-EE
12.5-EE
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12.7-EE
13.6-EE
13.7-EE
14.1-IE/EE
14.2-IE/EE
14.6-EE
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15.1-IE/EE
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3.2 Monitoring and logging

Mapping to standards and frameworks

ISO standard 27001:2022A.5.28, A.8.15, A.8.16, A.8.17
NIST Cybersecurity Framework v2.0RS.AN-06, RS.AN-07, ID.IM-01, ID.IM-02, ID.IM-03, ID.IM-04
ETSI Standard EN 319 401 V3.1.1REQ-7.9.1-01X, REQ-7.9.1-02X, REQ-7.9.1-03X, REQ-7.9.1-04X, REQ-7.9.1-05X, REQ-7.9.2-11X, REQ-7.10-05, REQ-7.10- 06, REQ-7.10-07, REQ-7.10- 08, REQ-7.10-02
CEN/TS 18026:2024OPS-10, OPS-11, OPS-12, OPS-13, OPS-14, OPS-15, OPS-16, OPS-23, CS-01, IM-07, PSS-01
BE-CyFun®2023BASIC: PR.PT-1.1, DE.AE-3.1
IMPORTANT: PR.AC-2.2, PR.AC-4.5, PR.DS-5.1, PR.IP-7.1, PR.MA-1.3, DE.AE-3.2, DE.CM-1.2, DE.CM-6.1, DE.CM-7.1
ESSENTIAL: ID.SC-3.2, PR.PT-1.3, DE.AE-1.1, DE.AE-3.3, DE.CM-1.3, DE.CM-2.2
FI-KybermittariSITUATION-1, SITUATION-2, SITUATION-3, ASSET-4
EL- Ministerial decision 1689/2025Ministerial decision 1689/2025: articles 24c, 24d, 24e
Cybersecurity Handbook: Part B: 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10
Self-assessment tool: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8, 9.9, 9.10, 9.11
ENS-Royal Decree 311/2022Article 10, Article 21
Annex II: [op.mon.1] Intrusion detection, [op.mon.3] Monitoring, [op.exp.8] Recording of the activity, [op.acc.1] Identification
FR5.B.1-EE
12.6-IE/EE
12.7-EE
13.1-IE/EE
16.3-EE
20.1-EE
20.2-EE
20.3-EE
20.4-EE
20.5-EE
3.3 Event reporting

Mapping to standards and frameworks

ISO standard 27001:2022A.6.8
NIST Cybersecurity Framework v2.0RS.MI-01, RS.CO-02
ETSI Standard EN 319 401 V3.1.1REQ-7.9.2-12X, REQ-7.9.3-01X, REQ-7.9.3-02X
CEN/TS 18026:2024IM-03, IM-04
BE-CyFun®2023BASIC: PR.AT-1.1, DE.CM-3.1
IMPORTANT: PR.AT-1.2, DE.AE-3.2, DE.AE-5.1, DE.CM-2.1, RS.CO-1.1, RS.CO-5.1
ESSENTIAL: DE.AE-1.1, DE.AE-3.3, DE.CM-1.3, RS.CO-2.2
FI-KybermittariRESPONSE-1, WORKFORCE-2
EL- Ministerial decision 1689/2025Ministerial decision 1689/2025: article 21a.g
Cybersecurity Handbook: Part B: 17.2, 17.7
Self-assessment tool: 18.3
ENS-Royal Decree 311/2022Article 32, Article 33,
Annex II: [op.exp.7] Incident management
FR4.2-IE/EE
4.5-IE/EE
6.2-EE
12.2-EE
14.1-IE/EE
14.2-IE/EE
14.8-EE
3.4 Event assessment and classification

Mapping to standards and frameworks

ISO standard 27001:2022A.5.25
NIST Cybersecurity Framework v2.0DE.AE-04, RS.MA-02, RS.MA-03, RS.MA-04, ID.IM-01, ID.IM-02, ID.IM-03, ID.IM-04
ETSI Standard EN 319 401 V3.1.1REQ-7.9.3-01X, REQ-7.9.2-11X, REQ-7.9.4-01X, REQ-7.9.4-02X, REQ-7.9.1-05X
CEN/TS 18026:2024IM-02
BE-CyFun®2023BASIC: RS.IM-1.1
IMPORTANT: PR.IP-9.1, DE.AE-1.2, DE.AE-3.2, DE.AE-5.1, DE.DP-3.1, RS.AN-2.1
ESSENTIAL: PR.PT-1.4, DE.AE-2.2, DE.AE-3.3, DE.AE-4.1, DE.CM-1.3, DE.DP-4.1, RS.AN-2.2, RS.AN-3.2
FI-KybermittariRESPONSE-1, RESPONSE-2
EL- Ministerial decision 1689/2025Ministerial decision 1689/2025: article 24e
Cybersecurity Handbook: Part B: 17.2
Self-assessment tool: 18.2, 18.3
ENS-Royal Decree 311/2022Article 32, Article 33
Technical Security Instruction for Notification of Security Incidents,
Annex II: [op.exp.7] Incident management
FR3.A.1-IE/EE
12.2-EE
12.4-EE
12.5-EE
13.6-EE
14.4-EE
20.2-EE
20.4-EE
3.5 Incident response

Mapping to standards and frameworks

ISO standard 27001:2022A.5.26
NIST Cybersecurity Framework v2.0RS.MA-01, RS.MA-02, RS.MA-03, RS.MA-04, ID.IM-02, ID.IM-03, ID.IM-04, RS.CO-02, RS.CO-03, RS.AN-03, RS.MI-01, RS.MI-02, RC.CO-03, RC.CO-04.
ETSI Standard EN 319 401 V3.1.1REQ-7.9.2-01X, REQ-7.9-09, REQ-7.9-12, Clause 7.9.2, REQ-7.9.1-05X, REQ-7.9.2-11X, REQ-7.10-01 through 08
CEN/TS 18026:2024OIS-03, IM-01, IM-05, IM-07, INQ-02, INQ-03
BE-CyFun®2023BASIC: RS.RP-1.1
IMPORTANT: PR.IP-9.1
ESSENTIAL: PR.IP-9.2, RS.CO-2.2
FI-KybermittariRESPONSE-2, RESPONSE-3
EL- Ministerial decision 1689/2025Ministerial decision 1689/2025: articles 24a, 24b
Cybersecurity Handbook: Part B: 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5, 17.6, 17.9, 17.10
Self-assessment tool: 18.2, 18.3, 18.4, 18.5, 18.6, 18.7, 18.8
ENS-Royal Decree 311/2022Article 32, Article 33
Annex II: [op.exp.7] Incident management, [op.cont.3] Periodic tests
FR12.1-EE
12.6-IE/EE
13.6-EE
14.1-IE/EE
14.2-IE/EE
14.3-IE/EE
14.4-EE
14.5-EE
14.6-EE
14.7-EE
14.8-EE
14.9-EE
15.1-IE/EE
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15.3-EE
15.4-EE
3.2.1 and record evidence.

Requirement

and record evidence.

Guidance

  • Log incident response information which contains (indicative, non-exhaustive list):
    • time of detection, containment and eradication;
    • when the systems recovered;
    • indicators of compromise;
    • root cause;
    • actions taken during each phase namely, detection, containment and eradication;
    • assessment of the scope and the level of impact of the incident;
    • communications when responding to the incident;
    • post incident lessons learnt and recommendations; and
    • whether the CSIRT or the competent authority was notified of the incident according to the NIS2 Directive Articles 23 and 30.

Examples of evidence

  • Logs from incident response.
  • Use of a system (e.g. SIEM, EDR/XDR or ticket system).
3.6 Post-incident reviews

Mapping to standards and frameworks

ISO standard 27001:2022A.5.27
NIST Cybersecurity Framework v2.0ID.IM-01, ID.IM-04, RS.AN-08
ETSI Standard EN 319 401 V3.1.1REQ-7.9.5-01X, REQ-7.9.5-03X, REQ-7.9.5-04X,
CEN/TS 18026:2024IM-06
BE-CyFun®2023BASIC: RS.IM-1.1
IMPORTANT: PR.P-7.1, RS.IM-1.2, RS.IM-2.1, RS.CO-1.1, RS.CO-3.2, RC.IM-1.1
FI-KybermittariRESPONSE-3, RESPONSE-5
EL- Ministerial decision 1689/2025Ministerial decision 1689/2025: article 24f
Cybersecurity Handbook: Part B: 17.8
Self-assessment tool: 18.2, 18.3
ENS-Royal Decree 311/2022Article 32, Article 33
Annex II: [op.exp.7] Incident management
FR12.1-EE
12.5-EE
14.1-IE/EE
14.4-EE
15.4-EE
20.2-EE

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