information security incident

nounverified·updated Oct 7, 2026

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A single or a series of unwanted or unexpected information security events that have a significant probability of compromising business operations and threatening information security.

MWEFFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 2017

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Event100%manual reviewI-079.event_restored

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Event is a type again; Triggering Event is an Event that obliges a response (Dorian, 2026-10-07; cki DESIGN.md I-079)

Sensitivity

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: information security incidents
possessive: information security incident's
pluralpossessive: information security incidents'

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