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Approved Mode of Operation

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

A mode of the cryptographic module that employs only Approved security functions (not to be confused with a specific mode of an Approved security function, e.g., Data Encryption Standard Cipher-Block Chaining (DES CBC) mode).

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Control0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity

Regulated85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

Cui70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

plural
Approved Mode of Operations
possessive
Approved Mode of Operation's
pluralpossessive
Approved Mode of Operations'