Incident response

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Incident Management

The NCSC defines a cyber security incident as:

  • A breach of a system’s security policy in order to affect its integrity or availability
  • The unauthorised access or attempted access to a system

Cyber incidents can take many forms, such as denial of service, malware, ransomware or phishing attacks.

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