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Assurance

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

Grounds for confidence that the other four security goals (integrity, availability, confidentiality, and accountability) have been adequately met by a specific implementation. “Adequately met” includes (1) functionality that performs correctly, (2) sufficient protection against unintentional errors (by users or software), and (3) sufficient resistance to intentional penetration or by-pass.

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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