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Glossary

ENConfidentiality 
1. Preserving authorized restrictions on information access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information.

(Source: NIST SP 800-53)

2. Of classified or sensitive data, the degree to which the data have not been compromised; i.e., have not been made available or disclosed to unauthorized individuals, processes, or other entities.

(Source: ATIS)

3. Assurance that information is not disclosed to unauthorized persons, processes, or devices.

(Source: ATIS)

4. A property by which information relating to an entity or party is not made available or disclosed to unauthorized individuals, entities, or processes.

(Source: ATIS)

5. The property that information is not made available or disclosed to unauthorized individuals, entities, or processes

(Source: ISO/IEC 7498-2)


TC/SC:57Terms     Info     Publications
Published in:IEC 62351-2, ed. 1.0 (2008-08) Terms     Info
Reference number:2.2.52
Source:NIST SP 800-53, ATIS, ISO/IEC 7498-2

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