Contractual Obligations

Contractual Obligations

Contracts impose additional incident response requirements:

Common Contractual Terms:

  • Notification timelines (often 24-48 hours)
  • Right to audit/investigate
  • Indemnification provisions
  • Liability limitations
  • Insurance requirements
  • Confidentiality obligations

Managing Contractual Requirements:

  1. Maintain contract inventory
  2. Extract security terms
  3. Build notification matrix
  4. Automate where possible
  5. Regular review cycles