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NIST SP 800-61 Rev. 2

Computer Security Incident Handling Guide

Date Published: August 2012

Supersedes: SP 800-61 Rev. 1 (03/07/2008)

Planning Note (04/03/2024):

An initial public draft of Revision 3 is now available: Incident Response Recommendations and Considerations for Cybersecurity Risk Management: A CSF 2.0 Community Profile. Public comments are due by May 20, 2024.

Send inquiries about this publication to 800-61-comments@nist.gov.


Author(s)

Paul Cichonski (NIST), Thomas Millar (DHS), Tim Grance (NIST), Karen Scarfone (Scarfone Cybersecurity)

Abstract

Keywords

computer security incident; incident handling; incident response; threats; vulnerabilities
Control Families

Incident Response; System and Information Integrity

Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-61r2
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Supplemental Material:
Press Release

Document History:
08/06/12: SP 800-61 Rev. 2 (Final)