Recital 42 Tasks of CSIRTs

The CSIRTs are tasked with incident handling means any actions and procedures aiming to prevent, detect, analyse, and contain or to respond to and recover from an incident;. This includes the processing of large volumes of sometimes sensitive data. Member States should ensure that the CSIRTs have an infrastructure for information sharing and processing, as well as well-equipped staff, which ensures the confidentiality and trustworthiness of their operations. The CSIRTs could also adopt codes of conduct in that respect.