NIST has published the final version of their guide on Computer Security Incident Handling. This guide is built based on the best practices adopted by governments, other non-commercial organizations and business organizations. This version emphasise the importance of coordination and information sharing between interested parties.

This guide provides a step by step instruction for incident response teams, whether it is new or well-established, to create a proper policy and plan as well as a incident response team.

The Computer Security Incident Handling Guide (NIST Special Publication 800-61, Rev. 2) is available at www.nist.gov/customcf/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=911736