An event prioritization system and methods are provided that are configured to dynamically prioritize incoming events reported by a plurality of event ticketing systems while the incoming events are live or ongoing. The system includes a processor and a computer readable medium operably coupled thereto, the computer readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions stored in association therewith that are accessible to, and executable by, the processor, to perform event prioritization operations which include receiving an event associated with a computing issue affecting a customer entity, extracting a plurality of event prioritization factors from event data of the event, calculating scores for the plurality of event prioritization factors, determining a customer impact score of the event based on the scores, determining a criticality of the event based on the customer impact score and a service level agreement, and prioritizing the event in an event handler queue.