Benign Environment
nounverified·updated Oct 6, 2026
A non-hostile location protected from external hostile elements by physical, personnel, and procedural security countermeasures.
MWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Classifications
Entity Type
Environment100%manual reviewI-071.physical_split
Ddorianclast reviewed —
Physical became Facility; its devices went to Asset (Dorian, 2026-10-06; cki DESIGN.md I-071)
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Benign Environments
- possessive
- Benign Environment's
- pluralpossessive
- Benign Environments'