Compartmentalization
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
A nonhierarchical grouping of sensitive information used to control access to data more finely than with hierarchical security classification alone.
polysemousNISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary
A process for protecting very-high value assets or in environments where trust is an issue. Access to an asset requires two or more processes, controls or individuals.
Wordset Dictionary
the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
Wordset Dictionary
a mild state of dissociation
Classifications
Entity Type
Control85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- categorizationcompartmentalisation
- plural
- Compartmentalizations
- possessive
- Compartmentalization's
- pluralpossessive
- Compartmentalizations'