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security control and privacy control

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

control

Definitions:

  See security control and privacy control.
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NIST SP 800-37 Rev. 2 under control

  See security control or privacy control.
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NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 under control
NIST SP 800-53A Rev. 5 under control

  The means of managing risk, including policies, procedures, guidelines, practices, or organizational structures, which can be of an administrative, technical, management, or legal nature.
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NIST SP 800-160 Vol. 2 Rev. 1 under control from ISACA Glossary of Terms

  Purposeful action on or within a process to meet specified objectives.
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NIST SP 800-160v1r1 under control

  The mechanism that achieves the action.
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NIST SP 800-160v1r1 under control

  Measure that is modifying risk.
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NIST SP 800-188 under control

  measure that is modifying risk. (Note: controls include any process, policy, device, practice, or other actions which modify risk.)
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NISTIR 8053 under control