Flooding

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

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An attack that attempts to cause a failure in a system by providing more input than the system can process properly.

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

Senses

2 more senses beyond the canonical

SANS Glossary of Security Terms

An attack that attempts to cause a failure in (especially, in the security of) a computer system or other data processing entity by providing more input than the entity can process properly.

Wordset Dictionary

a technique used in behavior therapy

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Threat95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: implosion therapy
plural: Floodings
possessive: Flooding's
pluralpossessive: Floodings'

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