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Welcome to the US-CERT Incident Reporting System
What is an incident?
A good but fairly general definition of an incident is The act of violating an explicit or implied security policy. Unfortunately, this definition relies on the existence of a security policy that, while generally understood, varies among organizations.
For the federal government, an incident, defined by NIST Special Publication 800-61, is a violation or imminent threat of violation of computer security policies, acceptable use policies, or standard computer security practices. Federal incident reporting guidelines, including definitions and reporting timeframes can be found at http://www.us-cert.gov/federal/reportingRequirements.html.
In general, types of activity that are commonly recognized as being in violation of a typical security policy include but are not limited to- attempts (either failed or successful) to gain unauthorized access to a system or its data, including PII related incidents (link to the below description)
- unwanted disruption or denial of service
- the unauthorized use of a system for processing or storing data
- changes to system hardware, firmware, or software characteristics without the owner's knowledge, instruction, or consent
We encourage you to report any activities that you feel meet the criteria for an incident. Note that our policy is to keep any information specific to your site confidential unless we receive your permission to release that information.
Using the US-CERT Incident Reporting System
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