Incident

Definitions

European Definitions

European Commission

Incident means any event having an actual adverse effect on the security of network and information systems.

ENISA

Incident is an event that has been assessed as having an actual or potentially adverse effect on the security or performance of a system.

National Definitions

Australia

Incident is an emergency event or series of events which requires a response from one or more of the statutory response agencies.

Austria

„Sicherheitsvorfall“ alle Ereignisse, die tatsächlich nachteilige Auswirkungen auf die Sicherheit von Netz- und Informationssystemen haben.

Belgium

„Incident”: elke gebeurtenis met een daadwerkelijk schadelijk effect op de beveiliging van netwerk- en informatiesystemen.

«Incident»: tout événement ayant un impact négatif réel sur la sécurité des réseaux et des systèmes d'information.

Bulgaria

„инцидент“ означава събитие, което има реално неблагоприятно въздействие върху сигурността на мрежите и информационните системи.

Incident shall denote an unforeseeable or unlikely event, limited in terms of duration or spatial effect, with a high intensity of forces or caused by human activity, threatening the life or health of humans, property or the environment.

Инцидент: е непредвидимо или трудно прогнозируемо, ограничено по време и пространство действие, с висока интензивност на сили или вследствие на човешка дейност, застрашаващо живота или здравето на хора, имуществото или околната среда.

Burkina-Faso

Incident: un evènement inattendu.

Canada

An event caused by either human action or a natural phenomenon that requires a response to prevent or minimize loss of life or damage to property or the environment and reduce economic and social losses.

Événement d’origine humaine ou causé par un phénomène naturel qui nécessite une intervention afin de prévenir ou de réduire au minimum les décès et les dommages aux biens et à l’environnement et de réduire les pertes économiques et sociales.

Croatia

„Incident” znači bilo koji događaj koji ima stvaran negativni učinak na sigurnost mrežnih i informacijskih sustava.

Cyprus

«συμβάν»: κάθε γεγονός που έχει στη πραγματικότητα μια δυσμενή επίπτωση στην ασφάλεια συστημάτων δικτύου και πληροφοριών

Czech Republic

„Incidentem“ jakákoliv událost, která má reálný negativní dopad na bezpečnost sítí a informačních systémů.

V prostředí ICT je incidentem myšlena událost, která je obvykle spojená s výpadkem sítě, služby nebo se zhoršením jejich kvality.

Incident in the ICT environment assumed to be an event which is usually related to the outage of a network, service, or to a deterioration of its quality.

Denmark

»Hændelse«: enhver begivenhed, der har en egentlig negativ indvirkning på sikkerheden i net- og informationssystemer.

Hændelser er ulykker (såsom brand, sammenstyrtning og udslip), der kan ske i relation til risikoobjekter og som kan føre til skader på personer, ejendom eller miljø.

Estonia

„Intsident“– sündmus, mis tegelikult kahjustab võrgu- ja infosüsteemide turvalisust. <

Finland

’Poikkeamalla’ mitä tahansa tapahtumaa, joka tosiasiassa vaikuttaa haitallisesti verkko- ja tietojärjestelmien turvallisuuteen.

Häiriötilanne: uhka tai tapahtuma, joka vaarantaa yhteiskunnan elintärkeitä toimintoja ja jonka hallinta edellyttää viranomaisten ja muiden toimijoiden tavanomaista laajempaa tai tiiviimpää yhteistoimintaa ja viestintää.

Incident is a threat or an event which endangers vital operations of society and whose management requires wider or closer cooperation and communication than usual between the authorities and other actors. -unofficial translation-

France

«Incident»: tout événement ayant un impact négatif réel sur la sécurité des réseaux et des systèmes d'information.

Germany

„Sicherheitsvorfall“ alle Ereignisse, die tatsächlich nachteilige Auswirkungen auf die Sicherheit von Netz- und Informationssystemen haben.

Eine nicht geplante Unterbrechung eines IT Service oder eine Qualitätsminderung eines IT Service.

Greece

«συμβάν»: κάθε γεγονός που έχει στη πραγματικότητα μια δυσμενή επίπτωση στην ασφάλεια συστημάτων δικτύου και πληροφοριών

Hungary

„Biztonsági esemény”: minden olyan esemény, amely ténylegesen kedvezőtlen hatást gyakorol a hálózati és információs rendszerek biztonságára.

Ireland

‘Incident’ means any event having an actual adverse effect on the security of network and information systems.

Italy

«Incidente», ogni evento con un reale effetto pregiudizievole per la sicurezza della rete e dei sistemi informativi.

Latvia

“Incidents” ir jebkāds notikums, kas faktiski nelabvēlīgi ietekmē tīklu un informācijas sistēmu drošību.

Lithuania

Incidentas– įvykis, turintis faktinį neigiamą poveikį tinklų ir informacinių sistemų saugumui.

Incident shall mean an event, act or omission which gives rise or may give rise to an unauthorized access to an information system or electronic communications network, disruption or change of the operation (including takeover of control) of an information system or electronic communications network, destruction, damage, deletion or the change of electronic information, removal or limiting of the possibility to use electronic information and, also, which gives rise or may give rise to the appropriation, publication, dissemination or any other use of non-public electronic information by persons unauthorized to do so.

(Cyber incident) Kibernetinis incidentas – įvykis ar veika, kuri sukelia ar gali sukelti neteisėtą prisijungimą ar sudaryti sąlygas neteisėtai prisijungti prie informacinės sistemos, elektroninių ryšių tinklo ar pramoninių procesų valdymo sistemos, sutrikdyti ar pakeisti, įskaitant valdymo perėmimą, informacinės sistemos, elektroninių ryšių tinklo ar pramoninių procesų valdymo sistemos veikimą, sunaikinti, sugadinti, ištrinti ar pakeisti elektroninę informaciją, panaikinti ar apriboti galimybę naudotis elektronine informacija, taip pat sudaryti sąlygas pasisavinti ar kitaip panaudoti neviešą elektroninę informaciją tokios teisės neturintiems asmenims.

Luxembourg

«Incident»: tout événement ayant un impact négatif réel sur la sécurité des réseaux et des systèmes d'information.

Malta

“Inċident” tfisser kwalunkwe avveniment li proprju għandu effett negattiv fuq is-sigurtà tan-netwerks u tas-sistemi tal-informazzjoni.

Mexico

Incidente: Toda aquella situación anómala, que suele coincidir con situaciones que quedan controladas.

Netherlands

„Incident”: elke gebeurtenis met een daadwerkelijk schadelijk effect op de beveiliging van netwerk- en informatiesystemen.

Incident is een ongewenste gebeurtenis die tot schade - financieel of anderszins - heeft geleid.

An incident is an unwanted event which has caused financial or other damage.

Een (cyber) incident is een ICT-verstoring in de dienstverlening waardoor de te verwachten beschikbaarheid van de dienstverlening geheel of gedeeltelijk is verdwenen en/of het ongeoorloofd openbaren, verkrijgen en/of wijzigen van informatie.

New Zealand

Incident is (1) an occurrence that needs a response from one or more agencies (it may or may not be an emergency); (2) the first official level of agency response.

Oman

An incident as an adverse network event in an information system or network or the threat of the occurrence of such an event.

Philippines

Incident:
(a) An assessed occurrence that actually or potentially jeopardizes the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of an information system; or the information the system processes, stores, or transmits; or
(b) that constitutes a violation or imminent threat of violation of security policies, security procedures, or acceptable usepolicies.

Poland

„Incydent” oznacza każde zdarzenie, które ma rzeczywiście niekorzystny wpływ na bezpieczeństwo sieci i systemów informatycznych.

Portugal

«Incidente», um evento com um efeito adverso real na segurança das redes e dos sistemas de informação.

[Definição] Incidente: (1) Um evento com um efeito adverso real na segurança das redes e dos sistemas de informação; (2) Ações tomadas através da utilização de uma rede de computadores que que resultam num efeito atual ou potencialmente adverso sobre um sistema de informação e/ou a informação aí armazenada.

Romania

„Incident” înseamnă orice eveniment care are un efect real negativ asupra securității rețelelor și a sistemelor informatice.

Singapore

An event that occurs by chance or due to a combination of unforeseen circumstances, which, if not handled in an appropriate manner, can escalate into an emergency or disaster.

An incident precedes an emergency or disaster.

Slovakia

„Incident“ je každá udalosť, ktorá má skutočne nepriaznivý vplyv na bezpečnosť sietí a informačných systémov.

Slovenia

„Incident“ pomeni vsak dogodek, ki ima dejanski negativen učinek na varnost omrežij in informacijskih sistemov.

Mimoriadna udalosť: Závažná, časovo ťažko predvídateľná a priestorovo ohraničená príhoda spôsobená vplyvom živelnej pohromy, technickej alebo technologickej havárie, prevádzkovej poruchy, prípadne úmyselného konania človeka, ktorá vyvolala narušenie stability systému alebo prebiehajúcich dejov a činností, ohrozuje životy a zdravie osôb, hmotné a kultúrne statky či životné prostredie.

Spain

«Incidente»: todo hecho que tenga efectos adversos reales en la seguridad de las redes y sistemas de información.

Sweden

Incident : en händelse med en faktisk negativ inverkan på säkerheten i nätverks- och informationssystem.

Switzerland

Ein Ereignis ist ein Geschehen, dessen Auswirkungen beobachtbar sind.

Un événement est un fait ayant des conséquences observables.

L’evento è un avvenimento con conseguenze accertabili.

Tanzania

Incident: An occurrence or event, either human-caused or by natural phenomena, that requires action by emergency response personnel to prevent or minimise loss of life or damage to property and/or natural resources.

United States

DHS

An occurrence, caused by either human action or natural phenomenon, that may cause harm and require action, which can include major disasters, emergencies, terrorist attacks, terrorist threats, wild and urban fires, floods, hazardous materials spills, nuclear accidents, aircraft accidents, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, tropical storms, war-related disasters, public health and medical emergencies, cyber attacks, cyber failure/accident, and other occurrences requiring an emergency response.

White House

Cyber incident: An event occurring on or conducted through a computer network that actually or imminently jeopardizes the integrity, confidentiality, or availability of computers, information or communications systems or networks, physical or virtual infrastructure controlled by computers or information systems, or information resident thereon.

For purposes of this directive, a cyber incident may include a vulnerability in an information system, system security procedures, internal controls, or implementation that could be exploited by a threat source.

FISMA

Incident is an occurrence that (A) actually or imminently jeopardizes, without lawful authority, the integrity, confidentiality, or availability of information or an information system; or (B) constitutes a violation or imminent threat of violation of law, security policies, security procedures, or acceptable use policies.

FISMA also uses the terms “security incident” and “information security incident” in place of incident.

NIST

A violation or imminent threat of violation of computer security policies, acceptable use policies, or standard security practices.

This document points to several ICT-related definitions of incident.

NFPA-1600

An event that has the potential to cause interruption, disruption, loss, emergency, crisis, disaster, or catastrophe.

DoD

Incident is an occurrence, caused by either human action or natural phenomena, that requires action to prevent or minimize loss of life, or damage, loss of, or other risks to property, information, and/or natural resources.

Standard Definition

ISO/PAS 22399:2007

Event that might be, or could lead to, an operational interruption, disruption, loss, emergency or crisis.

ISO 22300:2012(en)

Situation that might be, or could lead to, a disruption, loss, emergency or crisis.

Other Definitions

Ontario (Canada)

Incident is an occurrence or event that requires an emergency response to protect people, property, the environment, the economy and/or services.

Incident: Événement qui exige une intervention d'urgence afin de protéger les personnes, les biens, l’environnement, l’économie ou les services.

See also

• Disruption
• Event
• Incident Management