Incident handling

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-002072

1. The remediation or mitigation of violations of security policies and recommended practices.

2. The mitigation of violations of security policies and recommended practices.

3. See incident handling.

4. 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

5. See “incident handling.”

Table 1. Record
Identifier	MLC-T-CYB-002072
Field	Cybersecurity
Synonyms	incident response
References	NIST SP 800-61r3 from PL 113-283 (FISMA); CNSSI 4009-2015 from NIST SP 800-61 Rev. 2; NIST SP 800-61 Rev. 2; CNSSI 4009-2015; NIST SP 800-35; NIST SP 800-61 Rev. 2; NIST CSRC Glossary

Record as JSON

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    "NIST SP 800-61r3 from PL 113-283 (FISMA)",
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    "CNSSI 4009-2015",
    "NIST SP 800-35",
    "NIST SP 800-61 Rev. 2",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/incident-handling/"
}

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