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ITL Publishes Guidance on Preventing and Handling Malware Incidents

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Author(s)

Elizabeth B. Lennon

Abstract

This ITL Bulletin summarizes a new ITL publication, NIST Special Publication 800- 83 Revision 1,Guide to Malware Incident Prevention and Handling for Desktops and Laptops,which gives receommendations for organizations to improve their malware incident prevention procedures.
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Keywords

computer security, incident prevention, incident response capability, malicious code, malware

Citation

Lennon, E. (2013), ITL Publishes Guidance on Preventing and Handling Malware Incidents, ITL Bulletin, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=914544 (Accessed April 20, 2024)
Created August 22, 2013, Updated February 19, 2017