# NIST Plans AI Incident-Response Guidance Updates

NIST’s November 2026 reporting identifies gaps in responding to AI-related cybersecurity incidents, including monitoring, containment, forensics, logging, evidence sharing, and coordination across the AI supply chain. NIST plans to update federal incident-response guidance, including Special Publication 800-61, and develop related work with stakeholder participation. The roadmap is not a mandatory standard and announces no solicitation, contract value, award, or procurement deadline.

- Contractors providing AI, cybersecurity, or incident-response services can use the identified gaps to assess capabilities for AI-system traceability, auditability, evidence preservation, incident notification, and supply-chain responsibility; these are potential customer expectations, not announced requirements.
- Organizations interested in shaping the work can engage through the planned stakeholder community and NIST AI Consortium Task Group 8. The signals identify no submission deadline.
- The 2027 Artificial Intelligence Summit is scheduled for March 18, 2027, as an industry engagement opportunity; it is not described as a procurement event.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence
**Published:** November 05, 2026

### Government Entities
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

### Sources
- [NIST Report Identifies Gaps in Incident Management for AI Systems - CDO Magazine](https://www.cdomagazine.tech/us-federal-news-bureau/nist-report-identifies-gaps-in-incident-management-for-ai-systems) - CDO Magazine
- [NIST Identifies AI Incident Response and Security Gaps](https://www.executivegov.com/articles/nist-ai-incident-response-cybersecurity-gaps) - ExecutiveGov
- [NIST Outlines AI Incident-Response Road Map – MeriTalk](https://www.meritalk.com/articles/nist-outlines-ai-incident-response-road-map) - MeriTalk