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security marking

Abbreviation(s) and Synonym(s):

marking
Marking

Definition(s):

  The means used to associate a set of security attributes with objects in a human-readable form, to enable organizational process-based enforcement of information security policies.
Source(s):
CNSSI 4009-2015

  See security marking.
Source(s):
CNSSI 4009-2015 under marking
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 under marking

  The means used to associate a set of security attributes with objects in a human-readable form in order to enable organizational, process-based enforcement of information security policies.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5