Security architecture

nounverified·updated Oct 7, 2026

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A detailed description of all aspects of the system that relate to security, along with a set of principles to guide the design. A security architecture describes how the system is put together to satisfy the security requirements.

MWEFederal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary

Senses

1 more sense beyond the canonical

NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match

No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 4 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Architecture Model100%manual reviewI-079.framework_split

Ddorianclast reviewed —

Framework is split by kind (Dorian, 2026-10-07; cki DESIGN.md I-079)

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Security architectures
possessive: Security architecture's
pluralpossessive: Security architectures'

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