Examples of Incidents
Public contingencies often addressed by incident response teams include:
- Natural disasters (hurricanes, tornados, typhoons, earthquakes, floods)
- Public health threat such as the outbreak of an epidemic
- Power grid outage or other infrastructure failure
- Travel system interruption such as significant air or rail accidents
- Hazardous material spill
- Food or drug contamination
- Internet or computer attacks
- Terrorist attacks
In the context of a single company or organization, incident response teams also may prepare for:
- A computer incident such as theft or accidental exposure of sensitive customer data
- Exposure of intellectual property or trade secrets
- Accidental or intentional product contamination
- Bomb threats
- Hostage situations
- Any incident which creates significant public relations or legal liability
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