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MTTD, MTTA and MTTR: Definitions | TecnetOne Glossary

Written by Tecnet One | Oct 6, 2026, 11:30:54 PM

MTTD, MTTA and MTTR are the three core incident response metrics. MTTD is the mean time to detect a problem; MTTA, the mean time until someone acknowledges it and starts working on it; MTTR, the mean time to resolve it. The lower they are, the less impact each incident has.

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