Incident Handler
Noun · Security & Infosec
Definitions
A responder responsible for triaging, investigating, coordinating, and driving containment or recovery during security incidents. Incident handlers need both technical skill and operational judgment because they connect evidence to response decisions.
In plain English: A person who leads or manages the response to a security incident.
Example: "The incident handler froze nonessential changes so the team could preserve evidence and stabilize the environment."
Related Terms
- Computer Emergency Response Team
- Incident Containment
- Incident Playbook
- Incident Bridge
- Alert Fatigue
- Attack Playbook
- CTI
- First Responder
- Hybrid Attack
- Incident Coordination
- Incident Tracking
- Indicator Management
- IRP
- Managed Detection and Response
- MDR
- Mean Time to Respond
- MSSP
- Operational Intelligence
- Playbook
- Response Team
- Response Time