Contamination

nounverified·updated Oct 7, 2026

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Type of incident involving the introduction of data of one security classification or security category into data of a lower security classification or different security category.

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

Senses

3 more senses beyond the canonical

Wordset Dictionary

the act of contaminating or polluting

Wordset Dictionary

the state of being contaminated

Wordset Dictionary

a substance that contaminates

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Event is a type again; Triggering Event is an Event that obliges a response (Dorian, 2026-10-07; cki DESIGN.md I-079)

Sensitivity

—80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Information Class

—70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Variants

6 surface forms

synonym: contaminantpollutiontaint
plural: Contaminations
possessive: Contamination's
pluralpossessive: Contaminations'

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