Computer Security

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Measures and controls that ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information system assets including hardware, software, firmware, and information being processed, stored, and communicated.

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

Senses

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Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary

Technological and managerial procedures applied to computer systems to ensure the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of information managed by the computer system.

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Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

acronym: COMPUSEC
plural: Computer Securities
possessive: Computer Security's
pluralpossessive: Computer Securities'

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