Core Software

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Definitions:

An organizationally defined set of software that, at a minimum, includes firmware and root operating system elements used to boot the system. Core software merits specialized monitoring as it may be difficult for commonly used whitelisting software to check.
Sources:
NISTIR 8011 Vol. 3

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