Skills Needed When Staffing Your CSIRT
• SEI Report
Publisher
Software Engineering Institute
Abstract
Building a computer security incident response team (CSIRT) with capable incident handlers means hiring people with the right skills, technical expertise, and capabilities. In this white paper, we describe a set of skills that CSIRT staff members should have to provide basic incident-handling services. In addition, we also suggest some of the additional "specialist" skills that a few members of the team should have (or have access to)—experts who can be called upon for technical help or guidance when a special need arises.
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Software Engineering Institute (2017, January 18). Skills Needed When Staffing Your CSIRT. Retrieved August 23, 2026, from https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/skills-needed-when-staffing-your-csirt/.
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title={Skills Needed When Staffing Your CSIRT},
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Software Engineering Institute. "Skills Needed When Staffing Your CSIRT." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, January 18, 2017. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/skills-needed-when-staffing-your-csirt/.
Software Engineering Institute, "Skills Needed When Staffing Your CSIRT," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, 18-Jan-2017 [Online]. Available: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/skills-needed-when-staffing-your-csirt/. [Accessed: 23-Aug-2026].
Software Engineering Institute. "Skills Needed When Staffing Your CSIRT." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 18 Jan. 2017. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/skills-needed-when-staffing-your-csirt/. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.
Software Engineering Institute. Skills Needed When Staffing Your CSIRT. Software Engineering Institute. 2017. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/skills-needed-when-staffing-your-csirt/