Glossary terms and definitions last updated: April 22, 2024
This Glossary includes terminology from the final version of NIST's cybersecurity and privacy publications—Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), NIST Special Publications (SPs), and NIST Internal/Interagency Reports (IRs)—and from Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) Instruction CNSSI-4009. It may be expanded to include relevant terminology from external or supplemental U.S. Government sources, such as applicable laws, regulations, or policy.
For more background about this Glossary, see NISTIR 7298 Rev. 3.
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