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Enclave

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

Collection of information systems connected by one or more internal networks under the control of a single authority and security policy. The systems may be structured by physical proximity or by function, independent of location.

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

Senses

Wordset Dictionary

an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it

Classifications

Entity Type

System0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity

—80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

plural
Enclaves
possessive
Enclave's
pluralpossessive
Enclaves'