Cyber Incident
Cyber Incident: Actions taken through the use of an information system or network that result in an actual or potentially adverse effect on an information…
Also known as: Incident
Definition
Actions taken through the use of an information system or network that result in an actual or potentially adverse effect on an information system, network, and/or the information residing therein. See incident. See also event, security-relevant event, and intrusion.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
An electronic information and communications systems and services and the information contained therein.
- Definition 3
Actions taken through the use of computer networks that result in an actual or potentially adverse effect on an information system and/or the information residing therein. See Incident. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)