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Misdirection

nounverified·updated Aug 30, 2026

The process of maintaining and employing deception resources or environments and directing adversary activities to those resources or environments.

polysemousNIST SP 800-172r3

Senses

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the act of distracting

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management that is careless or inefficient

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incorrect directions or instructions

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an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge

Classifications

Entity Type

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
distractionmismanagement
plural
Misdirections
possessive
Misdirection's
pluralpossessive
Misdirections'