How to comply with updated NIST incident response guidelines

In August, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) released an update to its Computer Security

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Incident Handling Guide (SP 800-61) [PDF]. This third revision offers guidance on issues that have arisen since the last release in March 2008 with an emphasis on addressing new technologies and attack vectors, changing the prioritization criteria for incident response and facilitating information sharing. 

In this tip, we examine these major changes and discuss how to integrate them into a security and compliance program.