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mitigation action

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

An action taken by an organization to reduce the impact of a possible problem or incident.

Framework senses

FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 20171 senseview framework →
§1
An action taken by an organization to reduce the impact of a possible problem or incident.
NERC CIP-010-2 (Config Change Management & Vulnerability) v21 senseview framework →
§1
An action taken by an organization to reduce the impact of a possible problem or incident.
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · attested_usage_pack_match
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.
Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
An action taken by an organization to reduce the impact of a possible problem or incident.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column