Event
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Definitions
National Definitions
Australia
Event is an incident or situation, which occurs in a particular place during a particular interval of time.[1]
United States
Any observable occurrence in a network or system.[2]
Standard Definition
ISO/PAS 22399:2007
Occurrence or change of a particular set of circumstances [3].
ISO/IEC 27000:2014 [4] also notes that:
- An event can be one or more occurrences, and can have several causes.
- An event can consist of something not happening.
- An event can sometimes be referred to as an “incident” or “accident”.
Moreover, ISO 31000:2009 [5].}} notes that an event without consequences can also be referred to as a “near miss”, “incident”, “near hit” or “close call”.
See also
Notes
- ↑ Australian Emergency Management Glossary, Emergency Management Australia (1998)
- ↑ NISTIR 7298 rev 2: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, May 2013/ NIST SP 800-61
- ↑ ISO/PAS 22399:2007 Societal security - Guideline for incident preparedness and operational continuity management.
- ↑ ISO/IEC 27000:2014, Information technology -- Security techniques -- Information security management systems -- Overview and vocabulary
- ↑ ISO/IEC 31000:2009, Risk management -- Principles and guidelines
