Secure Subsystem

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

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Subsystem containing its own implementation of the reference monitor concept for those resources it controls. Secure subsystem must depend on other controls and the base operating system for the control of subjects and the more primitive system objects.

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

§1: Subsystem containing its own implementation of the reference monitor concept for those resources it controls. Secure subsystem must depend on other controls and the base operating system for the control of subjects and the more primitive system objects.

CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →

§1: Subsystem containing its own implementation of the reference monitor concept for those resources it controls. Secure subsystem must depend on other controls and the base operating system for the control of subjects and the more primitive system objects.