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Unauthorized Disclosure

nounverified· unreviewed·updated Oct 7, 2026

An event involving the exposure of information to entities not authorized access to the information.

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

Senses

NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match

No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 11 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.

Classifications

Entity Type

Event100%manual reviewI-079.event_restored
Ddorianclast reviewed —
Event is a type again; Triggering Event is an Event that obliges a response (Dorian, 2026-10-07; cki DESIGN.md I-079)

Sensitivity

Regulated85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed —

Information Class

—60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed —

Variants

plural
Unauthorized Disclosures
possessive
Unauthorized Disclosure's
pluralpossessive
Unauthorized Disclosures'