Scavenging
nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026
Searching through object residue to acquire data.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
SANS Glossary of Security Terms
Searching through data residue in a system to gain unauthorized knowledge of sensitive data.
Classifications
Entity Type
Threat0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity
Regulated75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
Cui65%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- plural
- Scavengings
- possessive
- Scavenging's
- pluralpossessive
- Scavengings'