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Certification

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A comprehensive assessment of the management, operational, and technical security controls in an information system, made in support of security accreditation, to determine the extent to which the controls are implemented correctly, operating as intended, and producing the desired outcome with respect to meeting the security requirements for the system.

polysemousNISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Senses

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2sense 2 pending review

The process of verifying the correctness of a statement or claim and issuing a certificate as to its correctness.

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2sense 3 pending review

Comprehensive evaluation of the technical and nontechnical security safeguards of an information system to support the accreditation process that establishes the extent to which a particular design and implementation meets a set of specified security requirements. See Security Control Assessment.

Wordset Dictionary

validating the authenticity of something or someone

Wordset Dictionary

the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on

Wordset Dictionary

a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

Wordset Dictionary

confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

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authenticationcertificatecorroborationcredentialcredentialsdocumentationenfranchisement
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