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security label

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

label
Label

Definitions:

  The means used to associate a set of security attributes with a specific information object as part of the data structure for that object.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2015
NIST SP 800-12 Rev. 1 under Security Label
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5

  Explicit or implicit marking of a data structure or output media associated with an information system representing the FIPS 199 security category, or distribution limitations or handling caveats of the information contained therein.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-18 Rev. 1 under Security Label

  See security label.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2015 under label
NIST SP 800-18 Rev. 1 under Label
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 under label