Password Protected

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

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The ability to protect a file using a password access control, protecting the data contents from being viewed with the appropriate viewer unless the proper password is entered.

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

Senses

1 more sense beyond the canonical

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

The ability to protect the contents of a file or device from being accessed until the correct password is entered.

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Credential95%rule-basedr:entity.credential.password.v1

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Password Protecteds
possessive: Password Protected's
pluralpossessive: Password Protecteds'

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