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Incident Security incident

Security På svenska → Updated: 2026-05-23

A confirmed security event that has or could have a negative impact — not just "something weird".

Different from "event" (something happened) and "alert" (something maybe happened). Classifications: critical, high, medium, low. Triggers the incident response process. Reporting requirements: GDPR 72 hours, NIS2 24 hours.

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