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Key Distribution Center

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COMSEC facility generating and distributing key in electronic form.

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

Senses

NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match

No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.

Classifications

Entity Type

System85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity

Regulated90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

Cui80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

acronym
KDC
plural
Key Distribution Centers
possessive
Key Distribution Center's
pluralpossessive
Key Distribution Centers'