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Remediation

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The act of correcting a vulnerability or eliminating a threat. Three possible types of remediation are installing a patch, adjusting configuration settings, or uninstalling a software application.

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

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ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary

After vulnerabilities are identified and assessed, appropriate remediation can take place to mitigate or eliminate the vulnerability

NY DFS Part 500 (NYCRR Title 23, Chapter 1, Part 500)

The purpose of this task is to correct a vulnerability or eliminate a threat.

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

The act of mitigating a vulnerability or a threat.

Data Remediation and Its Role in Data Security and Privacy

The process of treating data by cleaning, organizing, and migrating it to a safe and secure environment for optimized usage is called data remediation. Generally [understood] as a process involving deleting unnecessary or unused data. However, the actual process . . . is very detailed and includes several steps, including replacing, updating, or modifying data along with cleaning it, organizing it, and getting rid of unnecessary data.

Wordset Dictionary

act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

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