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description: "Control 17 of the CIS Controls, Version 8.1, which the edition file titles Responding to incidents in the project's own words: it holds 9 Safeguards, 17.1 to 17.9, of which 3 are in Implementation Group 1, 8 in Implementation Group 2 and all 9 in Implementation Group 3."
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    title: Control 17 and its Safeguards
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# Control 17

Control 17 is one of the 18 Controls of the CIS Controls, Version 8.1. CIS's guide, at its v8.1.2 revision, lists 9 Safeguards under it, numbered 17.1 to 17.9.[^cis-v8-1] The schema uses those numbers as their identifiers. Of the Safeguards, 3 are in Implementation Group 1, 8 in Implementation Group 2 and all 9 in Implementation Group 3. Its Safeguards are about the asset classes Users (5) and Documentation (4).

This bundle leaves out CIS's name and description for the Control and CIS's text for its Safeguards, because CIS licenses that text under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; CIS's guide gives them, and [the guide's reference](../references/cis-controls-guide.md) says where to find it. The edition file gives the Control and each of its Safeguards a title and a description in the project's own words, written from what each requires.[^edition] For Control 17 they are:

- **Title:** Responding to incidents
- **Description:** A programme that builds and maintains the ability to prepare for, detect and respond quickly to an attack, through policies, plans, procedures, roles, training and communications.

[^cis-v8-1]: <https://www.cisecurity.org/controls/v8-1>, the guide this page offers, the Safeguards of Control 17
[^edition]: src/cis_controls/data/cis-controls-8.1.2.yaml, Control 17 and its Safeguards