Homing beacons
nounverified· unreviewed·updated Oct 6, 2026
Devices that send messages to the institution when they connect to a network and that enable recovery of the device.
MWEFederal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary
Classifications
Entity Type
Asset100%manual reviewI-071.physical_split
Ddorianclast reviewed —
Physical became Facility; its devices went to Asset (Dorian, 2026-10-06; cki DESIGN.md I-071)
Sensitivity
Regulated75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- possessive
- Homing beacons's
- pluralpossessive
- Homing beaconses'