RR-B-10Level 1 · Signal
Responds to emergency notification tests
- Behavior
- Vigilant
- Level 1 · Signal
A vigilant Behavior signal from the awareness platform (SAT, notification test acknowledged): this person acknowledged an emergency notification test within the response window.
Classification
- Risk domain One of 9 areas of human risk, from social engineering to readiness and response. Every signal belongs to one.
- Evidence level
- Maturity practices One capability a program performs, scored on its own: See, Understand, Act, Prove, Govern and Culture.
- Leads to The kind of breach the evidence beneath it points toward, each anchored to a Verizon DBIR or VERIS pattern or an FBI IC3 category.
- NIST CSF 2.0
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- RS.CO-02
- MITRE ATT&CK
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None mapped
The definition, in detail
Definition
The organization can reach them when an incident needs it.
Example
A shift lead confirms the quarterly emergency alert test from her phone within 10 minutes of it going out.
How it is measured
- Subject
- Person
- Event
- Notification test acknowledged
- Risk domain
- Readiness and response
- Provenance
- Forrester
How it is used
Programs count "Responds to emergency notification tests" per person from Awareness & phishing simulation and read it beside the other Readiness and response signals; it feeds 0 cohorts, 0 sequences and 2 breach scenarios.
A "responds to emergency notification tests" event is evidence of a protective behavior; a vigilant behavior at any step breaks a sequence. It is one event, and it does not cancel the risky signals the same person carries.
Library indicators
The detailed observations in the indicator library with the same risk domain, dimension and polarity as this signal.
- I.0069Responds promptly with correct action
- I.0071Responds to emergency notification test
- I.0072Verifies receipt of emergency communications through proper channels
- I.0073Completes in-person trainings
- I.0079Completes assigned trainings
- I.0080Completes assigned trainings on time
- I.0081Passes assigned trainings
- I.0082Attempts assigned trainings
- I.0083Re-attempts failed trainings
- I.0279Acknowledges pager alerts within SLA
- I.0280Escalates incidents correctly on first attempt
- I.0281Attaches relevant evidence to incident tickets
- I.0282Correlates related alerts into a single incident
- I.0283Uses approved channels for incident coordination
- I.0284Documents containment actions with timestamps
- I.0285Provides high-quality indicators of compromise
- I.0286Follows playbooks and SOAR runbooks as written
- I.0287Preserves chain of custody for digital evidence
- I.0288Requests emergency exceptions with proper approval
- I.0289Completes post-incident action items on time
- I.0290Leads effective incident handoffs across shifts
- I.0291Participates in incident simulations with high engagement
- I.0292Uses secure storage for sensitive ticket data
- I.0293Requests timely legal/compliance notification when required
- I.0330Reviews remote work security policies regularly
- I.0432Meets access control target metrics
- I.0433Meets risk mitigation target metrics
- I.0434Enforces automated process for policy exceptions
- I.0435Conducts audits of subordinate organizations
Continue exploring
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