Security Service

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A capability that supports one, or more, of the security requirements (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability). Examples of security services are key management, access control, and authentication.

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

Senses

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

A capability that supports one, or many, of the security goals. Examples of security services are key management, access control, and authentication.

NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match

No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 2 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.

Classifications

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Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Security Services
possessive: Security Service's
pluralpossessive: Security Services'

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