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audit finding

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The documented conclusion reached as a result of an official inspection of an organization’s accounts or other item or process being audited, typically by an independent body.

MWEFFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 2012

Senses

NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match

No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.

Classifications

Entity Type

Finding0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity

Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

plural
audit findings
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audit finding's
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audit findings'