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Critical system (infrastructure)

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

The systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, that are so vital that the incapacity or destruction of such may have a debilitating impact.

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The systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, that are so vital that the incapacity or destruction of such may have a debilitating impact.