boundary protection device
nounverified· unreviewed·updated Aug 30, 2026
A device with appropriate mechanisms that: (i) facilitates the adjudication of different interconnected system security policies (e.g., controlling the flow of information into or out of an interconnected system); and/or (ii) provides information system boundary protection.
polysemousMWEFFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 2017
Senses
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2sense 2 pending review
A device with appropriate mechanisms that facilitates the adjudication of different security policies for interconnected systems.
NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage reviewer confirmed
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 2 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.
Classifications
Entity Type
Network0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity
Regulated85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- synonym
- network boundary device
- plural
- boundary protection devices
- possessive
- boundary protection device's
- pluralpossessive
- boundary protection devices'