# BSI C5 SIM-01 — Policy for security incident management

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- Last updated: 2026-05-30
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BSI C5 · Control SIM-01 · Priority: high · Component: Security Incident Management

### What this control covers

Documents incident management policies per SP-01, defining classification, escalation, and CERT coordination. Ensures timely customer notification and effective response to incidents, protecting cloud customer data from security breaches.

### Why it matters

Risk is the language an executive team understands; this control connects technical reality to board-level decisions and budget allocation.

### How to implement

#### AWS

Codify the policy intent as **SCPs, AWS Config conformance packs, and Security Hub standards** so the cloud enforces what the document says.

#### Azure

Codify in **Azure Policy initiatives** (built-in regulatory compliance for CIS, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA) and assign at management-group level.

#### GCP

**Org Policy Service** for guardrails and **Config Validator** in CI to pre-check Terraform plans against policy as code (Rego).

#### GitHub

Subscribe to **secret-scanning** alerts and **Dependabot** security advisories; require triage SLAs by severity. For exposed secrets, rotate at the cloud provider FIRST then revoke at GitHub — order matters.

#### On-premises

Maintain a policy library with a documented review cadence (annual minimum); store in your GRC tool with attestation tracking. Map each policy to controls so an audit pull cites the exact policy clause.

### Evidence to collect

-   `policy_document` — A signed, version-controlled policy stating leadership intent and the named owner.

Signed policy or standard documents the safeguard. Focus: Policy for security incident management.

### Quick checklist

-   Risk — Cloud Customer Data / Security Incident Management
-   Security — Cloud Customer Data / Security Incident Management
-   Data — Cloud Customer Data / Security Incident Management
-   Policy — Cloud Customer Data / Security Incident Management

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-   [Ensure no Customer Managed IAM policies allow actions that may lead into Privilege Escalation](https://support.icompaas.com/support/solutions/articles/62000229589-ensure-no-customer-managed-iam-policies-allow-actions-that-may-lead-into-privilege-escalation)
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-   [Ensure no Customer Managed IAM policies allow actions that may lead into Privilege Escalation](https://support.icompaas.com/support/solutions/articles/62000236334-ensure-no-customer-managed-iam-policies-allow-actions-that-may-lead-into-privilege-escalation)

## Related compliance guidance

- [SOC 2 compliance: a practical implementation guide for cloud-native SaaS teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria): Configuration checks like this one are the technical half of a SOC 2 / ISO 27001 programme — the guide shows where they fit, what else an auditor expects, and how to evidence them.
- [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 compliance: a practical implementation guide](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022): ISO 27001 Annex A.8 (technological controls) is where cloud hardening evidence lands; the guide shows how to run the ISMS around it.