RFC 7203 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2014

An Incident Object Description Exchange Format Extension for Structured Cybersecurity Information

Overview

RFC 7203, “An Incident Object Description Exchange Format Extension for Structured Cybersecurity Information”, is a Proposed Standard document published in April 2014 by T. Takahashi, K. Landfield, Y. Kadobayashi. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document extends the Incident Object Description Exchange Format (IODEF) defined in RFC 5070 to exchange enriched cybersecurity information among security experts at organizations and facilitate their operations. It provides a well-defined pattern to consistently embed structured information, such as identifier- and XML-based information.

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What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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