environment

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Definitions:

Aggregate of external procedures, conditions, and objects affecting the development, operation, and maintenance of an information system.
Sources:
FIPS 200 from CNSSI 4009

Context determining the setting and circumstances of all influences upon a system.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-160v1r1

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