Incident Tracking

Noun · Security & Infosec

Definitions

  1. The ongoing recording and management of incident status, owners, evidence, actions, and decisions in a structured system. Good incident tracking prevents lost tasks, duplicate work, and confusion during long or multi-team responses.

    In plain English: Keeping an organized record of tasks and status during a security incident.

    Example: "Incident tracking broke down when containment actions were happening in chat but not in the case system."

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