Security Control Baseline
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
One of the sets of minimum security controls defined for federal information systems in NIST Special Publication 800-53 and CNSS Instruction 1253.
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Senses
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
The set of minimum security controls defined for a low-impact, moderate-impact, or high-impact information system.
NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.
Classifications
Entity Type
Control95%rule-basedr:entity.control.safeguard.v1
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Sensitivity
Regulated90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Security Control Baselines
- possessive
- Security Control Baseline's
- pluralpossessive
- Security Control Baselines'