Information System Security Officer

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Individual assigned responsibility by the senior agency information security officer, authorizing official, management official, or information system owner for ensuring that the appropriate operational security posture is maintained for an information system or program.

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

Senses

2 more senses beyond the canonical

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

Individual with assigned responsibility for maintaining the appropriate operational security posture for an information system or program.

NIST SP 800-53A

Individual assigned responsibility by the senior agency information security officer, authorizing official, management official, or information system owner for maintaining the appropriate operational security posture for an information system or program.

Classifications

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Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

acronym: ISSO
plural: Information System Security Officers
possessive: Information System Security Officer's
pluralpossessive: Information System Security Officers'

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