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incident handling

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

incident response
Incident Response

Definitions:

  The mitigation of violations of security policies and recommended practices.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2015

  See incident handling.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2015 under incident response

  An IT security incident is an adverse event in a computer system or network caused by the failure of a security mechanism or an attempted or threatened breach of these mechanisms
Sources:
NIST SP 800-35 under Incident Handling

  The remediation or mitigation of violations of security policies and recommended practices.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-61r3 under incident response from PL 113-283 (FISMA)