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Security Protections

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

Security Controls

Definitions:

  The management, operational, and technical controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) prescribed for an information system to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system and its information.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-128 under Security Controls from FIPS 199
NIST SP 800-137 under Security Controls from FIPS 199
NIST SP 800-18 Rev. 1 under Security Controls from FIPS 199
NIST SP 800-30 Rev. 1 under Security Controls from FIPS 199, CNSSI 4009
NIST SP 800-34 Rev. 1 under Security Controls from FIPS 199
NIST SP 800-39 under Security Controls from FIPS 199, CNSSI 4009
NIST SP 800-60 Vol. 1 Rev. 1 under Security Controls from FIPS 199
NIST SP 800-60 Vol. 2 Rev. 1 under Security Controls from FIPS 199
NISTIR 8170 under Security Controls from FIPS 199, CNSSI 4009

  The management, operational, and technical controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) prescribed for a system to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system and its information.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-12 Rev. 1 under Security Controls from FIPS 199