Cybersecurity Intrusion Detection Assessment Form
Use this form to assess your organization’s intrusion detection posture, monitoring coverage, alert handling, and response readiness.
Assessment Context
Organization Name
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Department / Team Name
Assessment Date
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Month
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Day
Year
2 digit month, 2 digit day, 4 digit year
Date
Primary System / Environment Under Review
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Please Select
Corporate Network
Cloud Environment
Endpoints
Servers
Web Applications
Email Environment
Hybrid Environment
Other
Scope of Assessment
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Main Contact Role / Title
Detection Capabilities
Intrusion Detection Tools in Use
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SIEM
EDR/XDR
NDR
IDS/IPS
UEBA
SOAR
Cloud Security Monitoring
Application Security Monitoring
Other
Monitoring Coverage Areas
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Endpoints
Servers
Network
Cloud Environments
Applications
Identity Systems
Email Security
Other
Log Sources Monitored
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Endpoint Logs
Server Logs
Firewall Logs
DNS Logs
Proxy Logs
Cloud Audit Logs
Application Logs
Authentication Logs
Email Security Logs
Other
Intrusion Detection Maturity Rating
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Ad hoc
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Optimized
10
1 is Ad hoc, 10 is Optimized
Alerting and Response Process
How are alerts generated and delivered?
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Email
SMS
Dashboard notification
SIEM integration
Other
Who reviews alerts first?
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Security operations analyst
Incident response lead
IT administrator
Network engineer
On-call manager
Other
Average alert review time (minutes)
How effective is the escalation procedure?
Very ineffective
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Very effective
10
1 is Very ineffective, 10 is Very effective
Incident response readiness
1
2
3
4
5
Assessment Findings and History
Were intrusion attempts detected in the past 12 months?
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Yes
No
Not sure
Brief description of recent detection examples or missed detections
Log retention period
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Please Select
7 days
30 days
90 days
1 year+
Other
Known gaps or challenges
Priority Improvements
Top Improvement Priorities
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Increase visibility
Reduce false alerts
Improve response speed
Expand detection coverage
Refine alert tuning
Enhance log sources
Other
Desired Next Actions
Intrusion Detection Effectiveness Rating
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Rows
Poor
Fair
Good
Very Good
Excellent
Visibility
1
2
3
4
5
Alert Accuracy
6
7
8
9
10
Response Speed
11
12
13
14
15
Coverage
16
17
18
19
20
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