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sensitive data

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

Information whose loss, misuse, unauthorized access to, modification, or destruction, could adversely affect the national interest or the conduct of federal programs, or privacy to which individuals are entitled, but which has not been specifically authorized to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy, etc.

Framework senses

SEC IM Guidance Update: Cybersecurity Guidance, No. 2015-021 senseview framework →
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Information whose loss, misuse, unauthorized access to, modification, or destruction, could adversely affect the national interest or the conduct of federal programs, or privacy to which individuals are entitled, but which has not been specifically authorized to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy, etc.