Allocation

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

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The process an organization employs to determine whether security controls are defined as system-specific, hybrid, or common. The process an organization employs to assign security controls to specific information system components responsible for providing a particular security capability (e.g., router, server, remote sensor).

Framework senses

6 senses across 4 frameworks

FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 20121 senseview framework →

§1: The action or process of distributing resources or duties, or sharing out something.

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →

§1: The process an organization employs to determine whether security controls are defined as system-specific, hybrid, or common. The process an organization employs to assign security controls to specific information system components responsible for providing a particular security capability (e.g., router, server, remote sensor).

NIST SP 800-371 senseview framework →

§1: The process an organization employs to determine whether security controls are defined as system-specific, hybrid, or common. The process an organization employs to assign security controls to specific information system components responsible for providing a particular security capability (e.g., router, server, remote sensor).

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →

§1: (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions
§2: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning
§3: a share set aside for a specific purpose