Security perimeter

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

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A physical or logical boundary that is defined for a system, domain, or enclave, within which a particular security policy or security architecture is applied.

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

Senses

1 more sense beyond the canonical

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary

The boundary that defines the area of security concern and security policy coverage

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Security perimeters
possessive: Security perimeter's
pluralpossessive: Security perimeters'

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