Data retention
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
Refers to the policies that govern data and records management for meeting internal, legal and regulatory data archival requirements
MWEISACA Cybersecurity Glossary
Senses
NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.
Classifications
Entity Type
Requirement85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity
Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Data retentions
- possessive
- Data retention's
- pluralpossessive
- Data retentions'