Which NIST Special Publication identifies the necessary groups when responding to an incident?

NIST Special Publication 800-61, known as the Computer Security Incident Handling Guide, is specifically designed to provide organizations with guidance on effectively managing and responding to cybersecurity incidents. This publication outlines the roles and responsibilities of various groups involved in incident response, detailing the necessary steps and processes to ensure a coordinated and effective response.

The guidance includes establishing an incident response capability, detailing the importance of incident responders, and emphasizing collaboration among different stakeholders within an organization. It serves as a comprehensive framework that organizations can utilize to train their incident response teams and create their incident response plans.

The other options, while related to information security and risk management, do not specifically focus on the organization and roles needed during incident response. For instance, NIST 800-53 deals with security and privacy controls for information systems but does not focus on incident response roles. Similarly, NIST 800-84 provides guidance on conducting security tests and evaluations, rather than outlining incident response group responsibilities. ISO standard 15408, also known as the Common Criteria, is a framework for evaluating security properties of IT products and is not directly related to incident response roles and processes.