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assessment object

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

Object, Assessment

Definitions:

  The item (i.e., specifications, mechanisms, activities, individuals) upon which an assessment method is applied during an assessment.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2015
NIST SP 800-53A Rev. 5

  The item (specifications, mechanisms, activities, individuals) upon which an assessment method is applied during an assessment.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-137 under Assessment Object

  See Object, Assessment.
Sources:
NISTIR 8011 Vol. 1 under Assessment Object

  Assessment objects identify the specific items being assessed, and as such, can have one or more security defects. Assessment objects include specifications, mechanisms, activities, and individuals which in turn may include, but are not limited to, devices, software products, software executables, credentials, accounts, account-privileges, things to which privileges are granted (including data and physical facilities), etc. See SP 800-53A.
Sources:
NISTIR 8011 Vol. 1 under Object, Assessment