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Definitions:

activity that provides demonstration that specified requirements relating to a product, process, system, person or body are fulfilled.
Sources:
NISTIR 8074 Vol. 2 from ISO/IEC 17000:2004

Demonstration that specified requirements are fulfilled.
Sources:
Cybersecurity Labeling for Consumer IoT Products
Software Supply Chain Security Guidance EO 14028

Glossary Comments

Comments about specific definitions should be sent to the authors of the linked Source publication. For NIST publications, an email is usually found within the document.

Comments about the glossary's presentation and functionality should be sent to secglossary@nist.gov.

See NISTIR 7298 Rev. 3 for additional details.