Cascading
nounverified·updated Oct 7, 2026
Downward flow of information through a range of security levels greater than the accreditation range of a system, network, or component.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Classifications
Entity Type
Event100%manual reviewI-079.event_restored
Ddorianclast reviewed —
Event is a type again; Triggering Event is an Event that obliges a response (Dorian, 2026-10-07; cki DESIGN.md I-079)
Sensitivity
Regulated85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed —
Information Class
Cui65%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed —
Variants
- plural
- Cascadings
- possessive
- Cascading's
- pluralpossessive
- Cascadings'