What is an incident?
Before we can really get into Incident Response we have to learn what an incident is and how we plan for it. Security professionals deal with many challenges during the course of their day, responding to alerts, performing audit and security reviews as well as reporting. So where does an incident fit in? In its simplest form an incident refers to any unauthorized access, disclosure, or disruption of computer systems, networks, or data that compromises the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of information. These incidents can range from malware attacks and data breaches to denial-of-service attacks, posing significant threats to the security of digital assets and information.
In contrast, a security event encompasses any occurrence that has the potential to compromise the security of computer systems, networks, or data, but doesn’t rise to the level of being declared in incident.
As an example, having an easily guessed password in itself does...
