### Question
What does incident mean?


### Answer
**Incident** has the following meaning in *6 U.S.C. § 659*:

> an occurrence that actually or imminently jeopardizes, without lawful authority, the integrity, confidentiality, or availability of information on an information system, or actually or imminently jeopardizes, without lawful authority, an information system

#### Citation:
  - *6 U.S.C. § 659*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 1-HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION > SUBCHAPTER XVIII-CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY > Part A-Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security**

