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security incident response plan

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

The steps taken during an incident. An incident response plan brings together and organizes the resources for dealing with any event that harms or threatens the security of information assets. Such an event may be a malicious code attack, an unauthorized access to information or systems, the unauthorized use of services, a denial of service attack, or a hoax.

Framework senses

NERC CIP-008-5 (Incident Reporting & Response Planning) v51 senseview framework →
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The steps taken during an incident. An incident response plan brings together and organizes the resources for dealing with any event that harms or threatens the security of information assets. Such an event may be a malicious code attack, an unauthorized access to information or systems, the unauthorized use of services, a denial of service attack, or a hoax.
NERC CIP-006-6 (Physical Security of BES Cyber Systems) v61 senseview framework →
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The steps taken during an incident. An incident response plan brings together and organizes the resources for dealing with any event that harms or threatens the security of information assets. Such an event may be a malicious code attack, an unauthorized access to information or systems, the unauthorized use of services, a denial of service attack, or a hoax.