Masquerading

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

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A type of threat action whereby an unauthorized entity gains access to a system or performs a malicious act by illegitimately posing as an authorized entity.

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

Senses

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

When an unauthorized agent claims the identity of another agent, it is said to be masquerading.

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Masqueradings
possessive: Masquerading's
pluralpossessive: Masqueradings'

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