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label

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

security label
Security Label

Definitions:

  A piece of information that represents the security level of an object. 
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2022 under security label
NIST SP 800-12 Rev. 1 under Security Label
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 under security label

  A short, fixed length, physically contiguous identifier, usually of local significance.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2022 from IETF RFC 5920
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5

  Identifier that is attached to a set of data elements.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2022 from ISO/IEC 2382:2015