§677a Definitions

Summary

Defines key words used in this part. Asset response activity means work to help an organization hit by an incident respond, clean up, and recover — like giving technical advice to protect assets and fix weaknesses, checking risks (including chain reactions to other sectors or places), making plans to reduce those risks, sharing information and coordinating with threat responders, and advising how to use federal help quickly and effectively. Declaration means the Secretary’s official declaration under the law. Director means the head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Federal agency uses the standard federal definition of “agency.” Fund means the Cyber Response and Recovery Fund. Incident uses the federal definition of “incident.” Renewal means renewing a declaration. Significant incident means an incident (or related group of incidents) that causes or is likely to cause clear harm to U.S. national security, foreign relations, the economy, public confidence, civil liberties, or public health and safety, but does not include incidents on national security systems or certain covered information systems.