Download this free NIST SP 800-61 Computer Security Incident Handling Guide Glossary to quickly understand key cybersecurity incident response terms and concepts.

This editable Word glossary is designed for cybersecurity teams, IT managers, compliance professionals, consultants, MSSPs, SOC teams, students, and small business leaders who want a simple quick-reference resource for incident response terminology.

Use it for team onboarding, tabletop exercise preparation, internal reviews, awareness training, incident response planning, or as a companion resource before customizing policies, procedures, playbooks, checklists, and trackers.

Includes:

• Plain-English incident response definitions

• Key NIST SP 800-61 terminology

• Incident handling lifecycle terms

• Detection, triage, analysis, containment, eradication, recovery, and lessons learned terms

• Evidence handling, communications, escalation, and recordkeeping terms

• Easy-to-use Microsoft Word format

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