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NIST SP 800-61

Computer Security Incident Handling Guide

Date Published: January 2004

Supersedes: SP 800-3 (11/01/1991)

Author(s)

Tim Grance (NIST), Karen Kent (BAH), Brian Kim (BAH)

Abstract

Keywords

computer security incident; CSIRT/CIRT; denial of service; incident handling; incident response; incident types; log analysis; malicious code; unauthorized access
Control Families

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Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-61
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Supplemental Material:
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Document History:
01/16/04: SP 800-61 (Final)