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integrity

Abbreviation(s) and Synonym(s):

Data integrity

Definition(s):

  Guarding against improper information modification or destruction, and includes ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity.
Source(s):
FIPS 200 under INTEGRITY from 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3542
CNSSI 4009-2015 from 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3542
NIST SP 800-12 Rev. 1 under Integrity from 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3542
NIST SP 800-137 under Integrity from 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3542
NIST SP 800-172 from 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3552
NIST SP 800-172A from 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3552
NIST SP 800-18 Rev. 1 under Integrity from 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3542
NIST SP 800-30 Rev. 1 under Integrity from 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3542
NIST SP 800-37 Rev. 2 from 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3552
NIST SP 800-39 under Integrity from 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3542
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 from PL 113-283 (FISMA)
NIST SP 800-53A Rev. 5 from PL 113-283 (FISMA)
NIST SP 800-53B from PL 113-283 (FISMA)
NIST SP 800-60 Vol. 1 Rev. 1 under Integrity from 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3542
NIST SP 800-60 Vol. 2 Rev. 1 under Integrity from 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3542
NIST SP 800-82 Rev. 2 under Integrity
NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2 from 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3552
NIST Privacy Framework Version 1.0 under Integrity from 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3542
NISTIR 7621 Rev. 1 under Integrity

  The term 'integrity' means guarding against improper information modification or destruction, and includes ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-59 under Integrity from 44 U.S.C., Sec. 3542 (b)(1)(A)

  The property that data or information have not been altered or destroyed in an unauthorized manner.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-66 Rev. 1 under Integrity from 45 C.F.R., Sec. 164.304

  The ability to detect even minute changes in the data.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-113 under Integrity

  A property whereby data has not been altered in an unauthorized manner since it was created, transmitted, or stored.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-152 under Integrity
NIST SP 800-175B Rev. 1 under Data integrity
NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 5 under Data integrity
NIST SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev.1 under Data integrity

  The property that received data has not been altered.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-38B under Integrity

  See Data integrity.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 5 under Integrity (also, assurance of integrity)

  A property whereby data has not been altered in an unauthorized manner since it was created, transmitted or stored.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-56B Rev. 2 under Integrity

  In the general information security context (as defined in [NIST SP 800-53]): guarding against improper modification; includes ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev.1 under Integrity

  In a cryptographic context: the property that sensitive data has not been modified or deleted in an unauthorized and undected manner since it was created, transmitted or stored.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev.1 under Integrity

  the quality of an IT system that reflects the logical correctness and reliability of the operating system; the logical completeness of the hardware and software that implements the protection mechanisms; and the consistency of the data structures and occurrence of the stored data.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-16 under Integrity

  The property that data has not been modified or deleted in an unauthorized and undetected manner.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-175B Rev. 1 under Integrity

  A property possessed by data items that have not been altered in an unauthorized manner since they were created, transmitted, or stored.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-133 Rev. 2 under Data integrity

  Quality of being complete and unaltered.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-160v1r1

  The state that exists when computerized data is the same as that in the source documents and has not been exposed to accidental or malicious alteration or destruction.
Source(s):
NISTIR 5153 under Integrity from DoD 5200.28-STD

  The property that data has not been altered or destroyed in an unauthorized manner.
Source(s):
NISTIR 5153 under Integrity from ISO DIS 10181-2

  The prevention of the unauthorized modification of information.
Source(s):
NISTIR 5153 under Integrity from ITSEC Ver. 1.2

  The property of information that exists when data has been modified only in a specified and authorized manner (e.g., not modified or destroyed in an accidental or unauthorized, intentional manner).
Source(s):
NISTIR 4734 under Integrity

  Preservation of the original quality and accuracy of data in written or electronic form.
Source(s):
NISTIR 7316 under Integrity

  measures an attacker’s ability to manipulate or remove data from a product or system.
Source(s):
NISTIR 7946 under Integrity

  A measure of the trust that can be placed in the correctness of the information supplied by a PNT service provider. Integrity includes the ability of the system to provide timely warnings to users when the PNT data should not be used.
Source(s):
NISTIR 8323r1 from USG FRP (2021)
NISTIR 8401 from USG FRP (2019)