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Política de Gestión de Incidentes

Normativa para el manejo de incidentes de ciberseguridad.

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📋 Información General

Documento: Política de Gestión de Incidentes
Código: ADR-POL-003
Versión: 1.0.0
Fecha: Enero 2025
Clasificación: Confidencial
Audiencia: Equipos de TI, SOC, Security Team, Incident Response Team y Management de DivisionCero

🎯 Propósito

Establecer un marco estructurado y efectivo para la detección, evaluación, respuesta y resolución de incidentes de seguridad y operacionales en DivisionCero, minimizando el impacto en el negocio, protegiendo los activos críticos y asegurando la continuidad de las operaciones.

🏢 Alcance

Esta política aplica a:

  • Incidentes de Ciberseguridad: Ataques, malware, accesos no autorizados, data breaches
  • Incidentes Operacionales: Fallos de sistemas, interrupciones de servicio, errores de configuración
  • Incidentes de Disponibilidad: Caídas de servicios, problemas de performance, capacity issues
  • Incidentes de Integridad: Corrupción de datos, modificaciones no autorizadas
  • Incidentes de Privacidad: Violaciones de datos personales, incumplimientos GDPR/CCPA
  • Incidentes de Terceros: Problemas con proveedores que afecten los servicios de DivisionCero
  • Todos los Entornos: Producción, staging, desarrollo, servicios cloud

📚 Definiciones

  • Incidente: Evento no planificado que interrumpe o reduce la calidad de un servicio
  • Incidente de Seguridad: Evento que compromete la confidencialidad, integridad o disponibilidad
  • Severity: Nivel de impacto del incidente en las operaciones de negocio
  • Priority: Urgencia con la que debe resolverse el incidente
  • Escalation: Proceso de transferir incidente a nivel superior de autoridad
  • MTTR: Mean Time To Resolution - tiempo promedio de resolución
  • War Room: Centro de comando para manejo de incidentes críticos

🛡️ Clasificación de Incidentes

📊 Matriz de Severidad y Prioridad

graph TB
    A[Incidente Detectado] --> B{Evaluación Inicial}
    B --> C[Severity Assessment]
    B --> D[Priority Assessment]
    
    C --> E{Severity Level}
    E --> F[Critical - S1]
    E --> G[High - S2]
    E --> H[Medium - S3]
    E --> I[Low - S4]
    
    D --> J{Priority Level}
    J --> K[Urgent - P1]
    J --> L[High - P2]
    J --> M[Medium - P3]
    J --> N[Low - P4]
    
    F --> O[Immediate Response]
    G --> P[4 Hour Response]
    H --> Q[24 Hour Response]
    I --> R[48 Hour Response]

🔥 Niveles de Severidad

Severidad 1 (Critical)

  • Definición: Interrupción completa de servicios críticos de negocio
  • Impacto:
    • 50% de usuarios afectados

    • Pérdida significativa de revenue
    • Riesgo de seguridad crítico
  • Ejemplos:
    • Plataforma SaaS completamente inaccesible
    • Data breach confirmado con exposición de datos
    • Ataque cibernético en curso
  • SLA de Respuesta: 15 minutos
  • SLA de Resolución: 4 horas

Severidad 2 (High)

  • Definición: Impacto significativo en servicios importantes
  • Impacto:
    • 20-50% de usuarios afectados
    • Funcionalidades críticas degradadas
    • Riesgo de escalación a S1
  • Ejemplos:
    • Performance degradado significativamente
    • Funcionalidades principales no disponibles
    • Sospecha de incidente de seguridad
  • SLA de Respuesta: 1 hora
  • SLA de Resolución: 24 horas

Severidad 3 (Medium)

  • Definición: Impacto moderado en operaciones normales
  • Impacto:
    • < 20% de usuarios afectados
    • Funcionalidades secundarias afectadas
    • Workarounds disponibles
  • Ejemplos:
    • Problemas de performance menores
    • Errores en funcionalidades no críticas
    • Issues de integración con terceros
  • SLA de Respuesta: 4 horas
  • SLA de Resolución: 72 horas

Severidad 4 (Low)

  • Definición: Impacto mínimo en operaciones de usuario
  • Impacto:
    • Usuarios individuales o casos específicos
    • No afecta operaciones críticas
    • Solicitudes de mejora o cambios menores
  • Ejemplos:
    • Bugs menores en UI/UX
    • Problemas de documentación
    • Solicitudes de configuración
  • SLA de Respuesta: 24 horas
  • SLA de Resolución: 5 días laborales

🎯 Matriz de Priorización

SeveridadBusiness HoursAfter HoursWeekendsHoliday
CriticalP1P1P1P1
HighP1P2P2P3
MediumP2P3P3P4
LowP3P4P4P4

👥 Roles y Responsabilidades

🚨 Incident Response Team (IRT)

Incident Commander (IC)

  • Responsabilidades:
    • Liderar la respuesta general al incidente
    • Tomar decisiones estratégicas durante la crisis
    • Coordinar comunicaciones con stakeholders
    • Autorizar escalaciones y recursos adicionales
  • Criterios de Activación: Incidentes S1, S2 con impacto significativo
  • Rotación: 24/7 on-call rotation entre Senior Engineers

Technical Lead

  • Responsabilidades:
    • Dirigir investigación técnica del incidente
    • Coordinar esfuerzos de remediación técnica
    • Evaluar y implementar soluciones
    • Documentar hallazgos técnicos
  • Especialización: Por área (Infrastructure, Security, Applications)
  • Escalation: Subject Matter Experts según necesidad

Communications Manager

  • Responsabilidades:
    • Gestionar comunicaciones internas y externas
    • Actualizar status pages y notification systems
    • Coordinar con Customer Success para comunicaciones a clientes
    • Mantener stakeholders informados sobre progreso
  • Reporting: Incident Commander y Executive Team
  • Tools: StatusPage, Slack, email distribution lists

🏢 Organizational Structure

24/7 Operations Center (SOC)

SOC_Responsibilities:
  monitoring_and_detection:
    - continuous_monitoring: "24/7 monitoring of all critical systems"
    - alert_triage: "Initial classification and routing of alerts"
    - incident_declaration: "Authority to declare incidents S3 and below"
    - escalation: "Escalate to IRT for higher severity incidents"
  
  first_response:
    - initial_assessment: "Rapid assessment of incident scope and impact"
    - documentation: "Create incident records and initial timeline"
    - stakeholder_notification: "Alert relevant teams and management"
    - containment: "Implement initial containment measures"

Executive Escalation

  • CEO: Incidentes con impacto reputacional o regulatorio significativo
  • CTO: Incidentes técnicos críticos que requieren decisiones arquitecturales
  • CISO: Incidentes de seguridad con potencial de data breach
  • CFO: Incidentes con impacto financiero > $100K
  • Legal: Incidentes con implicaciones legales o regulatorias

🔄 On-Call Structure

Tier Structure

On_Call_Tiers:
  tier_1_soc:
    - coverage: "24/7 monitoring and initial response"
    - escalation_time: "15 minutes for S1/S2 incidents"
    - responsibilities: ["monitoring", "triage", "initial_containment"]
  
  tier_2_engineering:
    - coverage: "On-call rotation for technical teams"
    - response_time: "30 minutes for escalated incidents"
    - responsibilities: ["technical_investigation", "remediation", "root_cause_analysis"]
  
  tier_3_senior_leadership:
    - coverage: "Senior engineers and management"
    - activation: "Critical incidents requiring strategic decisions"
    - responsibilities: ["strategic_decisions", "resource_allocation", "external_communications"]

📋 Proceso de Gestión de Incidentes

🚀 Incident Response Lifecycle

Fase 1: Detection and Initial Response (0-30 minutes)

Detection_Phase:
  automated_detection:
    - monitoring_alerts: "Automated alerts from monitoring systems"
    - security_events: "SIEM and security tool alerts"
    - synthetic_monitoring: "Proactive monitoring checks"
    - user_reports: "Customer and internal user reports"
  
  initial_response:
    - incident_declaration: "Formal declaration of incident"
    - severity_classification: "Initial severity assessment"
    - team_notification: "Alert relevant response teams"
    - war_room_setup: "Establish communication channels"

Fase 2: Assessment and Planning (30 minutes - 2 hours)

  1. Detailed Assessment

    • Scope and impact analysis
    • Root cause hypothesis development
    • Resource requirement evaluation
    • Timeline estimation
  2. Response Planning

    • Investigation plan development
    • Remediation strategy selection
    • Communication plan activation
    • Resource allocation
  3. Stakeholder Engagement

    • Management notification
    • Customer communication (si necesario)
    • Vendor coordination (si aplicable)
    • Regulatory notification preparation (si requerido)

Fase 3: Investigation and Containment (2-8 hours)

flowchart TD
    A[Investigation Start] --> B[Evidence Collection]
    B --> C[System Analysis]
    C --> D[Root Cause Identification]
    D --> E{Containment Possible?}
    E -->|Yes| F[Implement Containment]
    E -->|No| G[Escalate for Additional Resources]
    F --> H[Verify Containment Effectiveness]
    G --> I[Executive Decision Required]
    H --> J{Incident Contained?}
    J -->|Yes| K[Move to Resolution Phase]
    J -->|No| L[Adjust Containment Strategy]
    I --> M[Additional Resources Deployed]
    L --> F
    M --> F

Fase 4: Resolution and Recovery (Variable)

  1. Solution Implementation

    • Fix deployment en environments apropiados
    • Testing y validation de la solución
    • Gradual rollout con monitoring intensivo
    • User acceptance validation
  2. Service Restoration

    • Full service restoration
    • Performance monitoring y optimization
    • User communication sobre resolution
    • Service level validation
  3. Verification and Monitoring

    • Extended monitoring period
    • Stability confirmation
    • User feedback collection
    • Metrics validation

Fase 5: Post-Incident Activities (1-5 días post-resolución)

  • Post-Incident Review (PIR)
  • Root Cause Analysis (RCA) detallado
  • Action Items development y assignment
  • Documentation updates y knowledge sharing
  • Process Improvements identification e implementation

⚡ Emergency Response Procedures

War Room Activation

War_Room_Criteria:
  automatic_activation:
    - severity_1_incidents: "All S1 incidents automatically activate war room"
    - security_breaches: "Confirmed or suspected security incidents"
    - multi_system_outages: "Cascading failures affecting multiple systems"
    - customer_facing_outages: "Public-facing service disruptions"
  
  war_room_setup:
    - physical_location: "Conference room Omega (primary) or virtual"
    - communication_channels: "Dedicated Slack channel + video conference"
    - documentation: "Real-time incident timeline and decisions"
    - stakeholder_notifications: "Automated notifications to executive team"

Escalation Matrix

Incident Type30 min1 hour2 hours4 hours
S1 SecurityCISO + SOC ManagerCTO + Incident CommanderCEO + Legal CounselBoard Notification
S1 OperationalCTO + Operations ManagerCEO + Incident CommanderCustomer Success VPPublic Communications
S2 ExtendedDepartment ManagerDirector LevelVP LevelC-Level

Communication Protocols

Communication_Protocols:
  internal_communications:
    - slack_channel: "#incident-response-[incident-id]"
    - email_updates: "Every 2 hours for S1, every 4 hours for S2"
    - executive_briefings: "Every hour for S1, every 2 hours for S2"
    - all_hands_updates: "For incidents affecting > 25% of users"
  
  external_communications:
    - status_page_updates: "Within 30 minutes of incident declaration"
    - customer_notifications: "Within 2 hours for customer-facing issues"
    - vendor_communications: "As needed for third-party dependencies"
    - regulatory_notifications: "Within regulatory timeframes (typically 24-72 hours)"

🔧 Herramientas y Tecnologías

🛠️ Incident Management Platform

Primary ITSM Platform

  • ServiceNow Incident Management: Primary incident tracking y workflow
  • PagerDuty: On-call management y intelligent alerting
  • Slack: Real-time communication y collaboration
  • Jira: Follow-up action items y long-term tracking

Monitoring y Detection Stack

Monitoring_Stack:
  infrastructure_monitoring:
    - datadog: "Infrastructure, application, and log monitoring"
    - new_relic: "Application performance monitoring"
    - pingdom: "External service monitoring and availability"
  
  security_monitoring:
    - splunk_siem: "Security information and event management"
    - crowdstrike: "Endpoint detection and response"
    - okta_insights: "Identity and access monitoring"
  
  business_monitoring:
    - mixpanel: "Product analytics and user behavior"
    - stripe_radar: "Payment processing monitoring"
    - custom_dashboards: "Business KPI monitoring"

Communication y Collaboration Tools

  • StatusPage.io: External customer communication
  • Microsoft Teams: Internal collaboration y document sharing
  • Zoom: Video conferencing para war rooms
  • Confluence: Documentation y knowledge management

📊 Automation y Orchestration

Automated Response Capabilities

Automation_Framework:
  detection_automation:
    - intelligent_alerting: "ML-powered alert correlation and noise reduction"
    - automatic_classification: "Auto-classification based on patterns"
    - smart_routing: "Intelligent routing to appropriate teams"
  
  response_automation:
    - auto_scaling: "Automatic resource scaling for performance issues"
    - circuit_breakers: "Automatic service isolation for cascading failures"
    - rollback_triggers: "Automatic rollback for failed deployments"
    - containment_actions: "Automated security containment measures"

Integration Framework

graph LR
    A[Monitoring Systems] --> B[Alert Correlation Engine]
    B --> C[Incident Management Platform]
    C --> D[Notification System]
    D --> E[Response Teams]
    C --> F[Automation Engine]
    F --> G[Remediation Actions]
    G --> H[Verification Systems]
    H --> C
    
    I[External APIs] --> B
    J[Manual Reports] --> C
    K[Chat Platforms] --> C
    L[Status Pages] --> D

📊 Métricas y Reporting

🎯 Key Performance Indicators

Response Time Metrics

  • Mean Time to Acknowledgment (MTTA): Tiempo promedio para acknowledge alerts
  • Mean Time to Response (MTTR): Tiempo promedio para initial response
  • Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR): Tiempo promedio para full resolution
  • Escalation Rate: % de incidentes que requieren escalation

Quality Metrics

  • First Call Resolution Rate: % resueltos en first contact
  • SLA Compliance: % de incidentes resueltos dentro de SLA
  • Customer Satisfaction: CSAT scores para incident resolution
  • Recurring Incident Rate: % de incidentes que recurren dentro de 30 días

Volume y Trend Metrics

Incident_Analytics:
  volume_metrics:
    - incident_count: "Total incidents por período"
    - severity_distribution: "Distribution by severity level"
    - source_analysis: "Incidents by detection source"
    - category_trending: "Incident categories over time"
  
  business_impact_metrics:
    - revenue_impact: "Revenue lost due to incidents"
    - user_impact: "Users affected by incidents"
    - service_availability: "Overall service uptime"
    - reputation_impact: "Brand sentiment analysis during incidents"

📈 Dashboards y Reporting

Real-Time Operations Dashboard

pie title Incident Distribution by Severity (Last 30 Days)
    "Severity 1 (Critical)" : 5
    "Severity 2 (High)" : 15
    "Severity 3 (Medium)" : 45
    "Severity 4 (Low)" : 35

Executive Reporting

  • Weekly Incident Summary: High-level overview para executive team
  • Monthly Trend Analysis: Analysis de patterns y improvements needed
  • Quarterly Business Impact: Assessment de impact en business objectives
  • Annual Program Review: Comprehensive review de incident management effectiveness

🔍 Root Cause Analysis

RCA Methodology

RCA_Process:
  immediate_causes:
    - direct_technical_failure: "Immediate technical cause of incident"
    - human_error: "Any human actions that contributed"
    - process_failure: "Process breakdowns that enabled incident"
  
  underlying_causes:
    - design_flaws: "Architectural or design issues"
    - knowledge_gaps: "Training or knowledge deficiencies"
    - resource_constraints: "Inadequate resources or capacity"
    - cultural_factors: "Organizational culture contributions"
  
  systemic_causes:
    - organizational_factors: "Organizational structure issues"
    - external_dependencies: "Third-party or vendor dependencies"
    - regulatory_changes: "Regulatory or compliance impacts"

🏆 Mejores Prácticas

🔒 Incident Response Excellence

Response Best Practices

  • Rapid Response: Faster response times reduce overall impact
  • Clear Communication: Transparent y frequent communication con stakeholders
  • Documentation: Comprehensive documentation durante y después del incident
  • Learning Focus: Every incident es una opportunity para improvement

Investigation Best Practices

  • Systematic Approach: Methodical investigation siguiendo established procedures
  • Evidence Preservation: Proper handling de digital evidence para forensics
  • Collaborative Investigation: Cross-functional teams para comprehensive analysis
  • Hypothesis-Driven: Use scientific method para root cause identification

📚 Organizational Excellence

Process Maturity

  • Continuous Improvement: Regular optimization basada en lessons learned
  • Training y Development: Ongoing skill development para response teams
  • Simulation Exercises: Regular drills y tabletop exercises
  • Knowledge Management: Centralized knowledge base con incident history

Cultural Excellence

  • Blameless Culture: Focus on process improvement, not individual blame
  • Psychological Safety: Environment where people can report issues freely
  • Learning Organization: Commitment to learning from every incident
  • Proactive Mindset: Emphasis on prevention over just response

🤖 Technology Excellence

Automation Strategy

  • Intelligent Alerting: Reduce noise y improve signal-to-noise ratio
  • Automated Remediation: Self-healing systems donde sea appropriate
  • Predictive Analytics: Use ML para predict y prevent incidents
  • Integrated Toolchain: Seamless integration entre incident management tools

Innovation Areas

  • AI-Powered Triage: Machine learning para automatic incident classification
  • Natural Language Processing: Automated analysis de incident reports
  • Predictive Modeling: Forecasting potential incidents antes que ocurran
  • Augmented Response: AI assistance para response teams

🔍 Regulatory Requirements

Data Breach Notifications

Breach_Notification_Requirements:
  gdpr_compliance:
    - internal_notification: "DPO notification within 2 hours"
    - authority_notification: "Supervisory authority within 72 hours"
    - individual_notification: "Data subjects when high risk (without delay)"
    - documentation: "Comprehensive breach register maintenance"
  
  ccpa_compliance:
    - internal_assessment: "Immediate assessment of California resident impact"
    - attorney_general_notification: "If required by regulation"
    - consumer_notification: "If required by circumstances"
  
  industry_specific:
    - pci_dss: "Payment card data breach notification procedures"
    - hipaa: "Health information breach notification (if applicable)"
    - sox: "Material weakness reporting for financial controls"

Evidence Management

  • Chain of Custody: Proper handling de digital evidence
  • Legal Hold: Preservation de relevant documents y communications
  • Privilege Protection: Attorney-client privilege considerations
  • Regulatory Cooperation: Coordination con regulatory investigations

📝 Documentation Requirements

Incident Records

  • Complete Timeline: Detailed chronology de events y actions
  • Decision Documentation: Rationale para major decisions durante incident
  • Communication Logs: Record de all internal y external communications
  • Technical Evidence: System logs, screenshots, configuration changes

Audit Trail

  • Access Logs: Who accessed what during incident response
  • Change Records: All changes made durante incident resolution
  • Authorization Records: Approvals para emergency changes
  • Review Documentation: Post-incident review results y action items

🔄 Mejora Continua

📅 Review y Optimization Cycles

Operational Reviews

  • Daily: SOC performance metrics y alert quality
  • Weekly: Incident trends y response team performance
  • Monthly: Process effectiveness y training needs assessment
  • Quarterly: Strategic alignment y program evolution

Strategic Evolution

Program_Evolution:
  2025_objectives:
    - response_time_improvement: "25% reduction in MTTR across all severity levels"
    - automation_expansion: "50% of routine responses automated"
    - prediction_capabilities: "Implement predictive incident modeling"
    - customer_experience: "Improve customer communication during incidents"
  
  2026_vision:
    - ai_powered_response: "AI-assisted incident triage and response"
    - self_healing_systems: "Automated remediation for common incidents"
    - proactive_prevention: "Shift from reactive to proactive approach"
    - business_integration: "Deeper integration with business processes"
  
  2027_evolution:
    - autonomous_response: "Fully autonomous response for routine incidents"
    - predictive_maintenance: "Prevent incidents before they occur"
    - business_value_focus: "Incident management as competitive advantage"

🎯 Innovation Initiatives

Emerging Capabilities

  • Machine Learning: Pattern recognition para incident prediction
  • Natural Language Processing: Automated incident report analysis
  • Augmented Reality: Remote assistance para field incidents
  • IoT Integration: Proactive monitoring de physical infrastructure

Research Areas

  • Chaos Engineering: Proactive resilience testing
  • Site Reliability Engineering: Integration con SRE practices
  • DevSecOps: Security integration en development lifecycle
  • Business Continuity: Enhanced integration con business continuity planning

📚 Referencias y Estándares

📖 Documentos Relacionados

🌐 Marcos de Referencia

  • NIST SP 800-61: Computer Security Incident Handling Guide
  • ISO/IEC 27035: Information security incident management
  • ITIL 4: Incident Management process guidance
  • SANS Incident Response: Six-step incident response methodology

🔗 Recursos Profesionales

  • FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams): Global incident response community
  • SANS Institute: Training y certification en incident response
  • NIST Cybersecurity Framework: Comprehensive cybersecurity guidance
  • ENISA: European incident response best practices

📝 Control de Versiones

VersiónFechaCambiosAutor
1.0.0Enero 2025Versión inicial - Política completa de gestión de incidentesIncident Response Team + Security Leadership

Próxima Revisión: Julio 2025
Aprobado por: [CISO] - [Fecha]
Clasificación: Confidencial - Uso Interno DivisionCero

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