Jamming
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
An attack in which a device is used to emit electromagnetic energy on a wireless network’s frequency to make it unusable.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2sense 2 pending review
An attack that attempts to interfere with the reception of broadcast communications.
Wordset Dictionary
deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
Classifications
Entity Type
Threat92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- electronic jammingjam
- plural
- Jammings
- possessive
- Jamming's
- pluralpossessive
- Jammings'