Building an Incident Management Body of Knowledge
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Software Engineering Institute
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Abstract
The CERT Incident Management Body of Knowledge (CIMBOK) was built using a systematic process that starts with a controlled vocabulary and evolves through taxonomies, static ontologies, dynamic ontologies, intentional ontologies, and metamodels. The CIMBOK builds on 10 previous standards for incident management. This paper describes the components of the CIMBOK and how they were constructed.
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Mundie, D., & Ruefle, R. (2012, September 7). Building an Incident Management Body of Knowledge. Retrieved August 17, 2026, from https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/building-an-incident-management-body-of-knowledge/.
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author={Mundie, David and Ruefle, Robin},
title={Building an Incident Management Body of Knowledge},
month={Sep},
year={2012},
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
url={https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/building-an-incident-management-body-of-knowledge/},
note={Accessed: 2026-Aug-17}
}
Mundie, David, and Robin Ruefle. "Building an Incident Management Body of Knowledge." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, September 7, 2012. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/building-an-incident-management-body-of-knowledge/.
D. Mundie, and R. Ruefle, "Building an Incident Management Body of Knowledge," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, 7-Sep-2012 [Online]. Available: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/building-an-incident-management-body-of-knowledge/. [Accessed: 17-Aug-2026].
Mundie, David, and Robin Ruefle. "Building an Incident Management Body of Knowledge." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 7 Sep. 2012. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/building-an-incident-management-body-of-knowledge/. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.
Mundie, David; & Ruefle, Robin. Building an Incident Management Body of Knowledge. Software Engineering Institute. 2012. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/building-an-incident-management-body-of-knowledge/