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Security Mechanism

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A device designed to provide one or more security services usually rated in terms of strength of service and assurance of the design.

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

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

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Security Mechanisms
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