Incident Handling
nounverified· unreviewed·updated Aug 30, 2026
The mitigation of violations of security policies and recommended practices.
Framework senses
- §1
- Incident Handling is an action plan for dealing with intrusions, cyber-theft, denial of service, fire, floods, and other security-related events. It is comprised of a six step process: Preparation, Identification, Containment, Eradication, Recovery, and Lessons Learned.
- §1
- The mitigation of violations of security policies and recommended practices.
- §1
- The mitigation of violations of security policies and recommended practices.
- §1 · attested_usage_pack_match
- No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 3 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- The mitigation of violations of security policies and recommended practices.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column