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PUBLIC PREVIEWdfirAligned: 2026-03-14

DFIR Incident Response

A readiness pack for incident response and recovery review, focused on whether evidence exists for disciplined response rather than whether a team can improvise under stress.

This page is a public-safe wrapper over the real artifacts. It shows the review shape and posture of the current pack without making the full pack the default public surface.

Who it is for

Civitas preview document

DFIR Incident Response

Public preview derived from the real pack. Includes the reviewer summary, representative controls, representative gaps, and artifact posture.

Pack ID: PACK-001
Public alignment: 2026-03-14
Public source: Canonical public specimen
Verification: OK
Total controls
84
Visible gaps
84
Claims
2
Verifier
15

Reviewer summary

The artifact structure is verified, but the current sample remains gap-heavy: 84 of 84 controls are marked as gaps in the current public output.

The declared in-scope statement is "Vendor security control assessment", and the declared out-of-scope statement is "Penetration testing and red teaming". This is a public preview, not the full control matrix.

Current posture

Verified structure
Public context: Curated preview over the real artifacts
Boundary: Full pack retained for customer delivery
Sealed artifacts: 6
Verify model: Local confirmation of the complete pack

Representative controls

IDObjectiveSeverityStatus
DFIR-001Ensure Preparation procedures are documented, exercised, and reproducible for incident response readiness.1gap
DFIR-002Ensure Preparation procedures are documented, exercised, and reproducible for incident response readiness.2gap
DFIR-003Ensure Preparation procedures are documented, exercised, and reproducible for incident response readiness.3gap

Representative gaps

DFIR-005
gap
Preparation readiness control 05

Severity 5; 3 evidence expectations are missing in the current public sample.

DFIR-010
gap
Preparation readiness control 10

Severity 5; 3 evidence expectations are missing in the current public sample.

DFIR-019
gap
DetectionAnalysis readiness control 05

Severity 5; 3 evidence expectations are missing in the current public sample.

Sample artifact block

Decision preview

The complete HTML/PDF exists in the real pack. Here we expose only the cover, summary, and reviewer posture.

Integrity and verification

Verifier OK: yes; 15 checked entries; 6 sealed artifacts.

Public boundary

The complete control matrix, full evidence trace, full run log, and raw pack.zip remain in internal or customer-delivery context.

What it helps produce

  • A proof set covering incident preparation, escalation, containment, recovery, and lessons-learned readiness.
  • A reviewer-visible artifact trail around response controls, evidence handling, and operational follow-through.
  • A deterministic baseline for discussing response maturity without overstating operational capability.

What it covers at a high level

  • Preparation, detection intake, triage, escalation, containment, and recovery readiness themes.
  • Forensic collection discipline, communications, lessons-learned, and recovery checklist evidence.
  • Control and evidence paths suited to response-focused buyer or auditor review.

What it does not claim

  • Live incident response services, breach determination, or external forensic opinion.
  • A replacement for legal counsel, crisis communications, or a contracted DFIR retainer.

Full artifacts in customer delivery

DecisionPack.html

Browser-readable decision surface for reviewer inspection.

DecisionPack.pdf

Print-ready decision pack for procurement, audit, and leadership review.

DecisionPack.manifest.json

Artifact manifest and pack metadata for traceability.

DecisionPack.seal.json

Deterministic seal metadata for integrity review.

pack.zip

Pack archive delivered for local inspection and replay.

verify.json

Verifier output expected to resolve to a passing state on a valid public pack.

SHA256.txt

Checksums for reviewer-side integrity confirmation.

Those artifacts remain real and unchanged. The difference is only public exposure: the preview is default, not the full dump.

Relevant next steps

The public preview demonstrates the real product shape. The complete pack, full mapping, and full delivery remain available in customer-delivery or controlled demo context.