incident management

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The process of identifying, analyzing, and correcting disruptions to operations and preventing future recurrences. The goal of incident management is to limit the disruption and restore operations as quickly as possible.

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NERC CIP-003-6 (Security Management Controls) v6

The direction and supervision of activities undertaken to restore service and operations after a disruption.

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synonym: incident response and monitoring
plural: incident managements
possessive: incident management's
pluralpossessive: incident managements'

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