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incident response

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The purpose of this task is to address and manage the aftermath of a disaster or other significant event that may affect the organization's people or ability to function productively.

MWEFFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 2017

Senses

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexiconextended definition available

The activities that address the short-term, direct effects of an incident and may also support short-term recovery.

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary

The response of an enterprise to a disaster or other significant event that may significantly affect the enterprise, its people, or its ability to function productively An incident response may include evacuation of a facility, initiating a disaster recovery plan (DRP), performing damage assessment, and any other measures necessary to bring an enterprise to a more stable status.

Defining an "AI Incident Response"

a public official response to an incident ... from an entity (i.e. company, organization, individual) allegedly responsible for developing or deploying the AI or AI system involved in said incident.

NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match

No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 24 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.

Classifications

Entity Type

Process95%rule-basedr:entity.process.workflow.v1
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
action arising from disruptive incident
alternatephrasing
Incident Response
plural
incident responses
possessive
incident response's
pluralpossessive
incident responses'