Security Functions

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The hardware, software, or firmware of the system responsible for enforcing the system security policy and supporting the isolation of code and data on which the protection is based.

MWENIST SP 800-172r3

Senses

1 more sense beyond the canonical

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

The hardware, software, and/or firmware of the information system responsible for enforcing the system security policy and supporting the isolation of code and data on which the protection is based.

Classifications

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Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

2 surface forms

possessive: Security Functions's
pluralpossessive: Security Functionses'

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