Tampering
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
An intentional event resulting in modification of a system, its intended behavior, or data.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
Wordset Dictionary
the act of altering something secretly or improperly
Classifications
Entity Type
Threat85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- meddling
- plural
- Tamperings
- possessive
- Tampering's
- pluralpossessive
- Tamperings'