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According to NIST-SP800-61R2, which option should be contained in the issue tracking system?

The correct answer is A. incidents related to the current incident. NIST SP 800-61 R2 specifies that an issue tracking system should contain incidents related to the current incident to support correlation and analysis.

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Question

According to NIST-SP800-61R2, which option should be contained in the issue tracking system?

Options

  • Aincidents related to the current incident
  • Bincident unrelated to the current incident
  • Cactions taken by nonincident handlers
  • Dlatest public virus signatures

How the community answered

(19 responses)
  • A
    89% (17)
  • B
    5% (1)
  • C
    5% (1)

Why each option

NIST SP 800-61 R2 specifies that an issue tracking system should contain incidents related to the current incident to support correlation and analysis.

Aincidents related to the current incidentCorrect

NIST SP 800-61 R2 recommends that the incident tracking system capture related incidents because linking correlated events helps analysts understand attack scope, patterns, and recurrence. Tracking related incidents allows the team to identify whether a single attacker or campaign is responsible for multiple events and informs containment and eradication strategies.

Bincident unrelated to the current incident

Unrelated incidents add noise and do not contribute to understanding the current incident's scope or root cause.

Cactions taken by nonincident handlers

The tracking system documents incident handler actions, not actions by non-handlers, which fall outside incident response scope.

Dlatest public virus signatures

Public virus signatures are threat intelligence resources maintained separately and are not stored within the incident tracking system itself.

Concept tested: NIST SP 800-61 R2 incident tracking system contents

Source: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-61r2.pdf

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#NIST SP800-61#issue tracking#incident documentation

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