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What is Considered an Incident?

An event is any observable occurrence in a computer system or network. Events include a user connecting to a share file, a server receiving a request for a Web page, a user sending e-mail, and a firewall blocking a connection attempt.

Adverse events are events with a negative consequence that is security-related in which there is a loss of:

  • data confidentiality
  • disruption of system integrity or corruption of data
  • a disruption of data availability, or denial of a computer service

    An incident is any advese event like the following:

  • a system crash
  • a network packet flood
  • an unauthorized use of system privileges
  • a defacement of a Web page
  • the execution of malicious code that destroys data

    An incident can be further expanded to include a violation or imminent threat of violation of:

  • security policies
  • acceptable use
  • standard security practices

    Adverse events such as a natural disaster or a power failure would be excluded.

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