Learn the correct verb+noun collocations for detecting, containing, and remediating security incidents.
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The SIEM system was able to ___ the security incident within minutes of the breach.
Detect a security incident is the standard cybersecurity collocation. Security tools 'detect' incidents. 'Find out' is informal and intransitive in this sense. 'Spot about' and 'notice up' are not valid collocations.
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The incident response team moved quickly to ___ the breach before it spread to other systems.
Contain a breach/incident is a core security operations term, meaning to limit the blast radius. 'Box in' is informal. 'Block around' and 'hold back' are not used as technical security collocations.
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When a P0 incident was confirmed, the on-call engineer had to ___ it to the CISO immediately.
Escalate a security incident means to bring it to a higher level of authority or response. This is standard in both ITSM and security contexts. 'Raise up', 'send higher', and 'push along' are informal and non-standard.
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After patching all affected systems, the team worked to ___ the vulnerability that had been exploited.
Remediate a vulnerability/incident is the standard security term meaning to fix and recover from an incident. 'Heal' and 'cure' are used for medical contexts. 'Solve off' is not a valid English phrase.
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Under GDPR, organisations are required to ___ a data breach to regulators within 72 hours.
Disclose a security incident/breach is the legal and regulatory term for notifying authorities. GDPR specifically requires 'disclosure'. 'Tell about' and 'announce to' are informal. 'Open up' is too vague in a legal context.