compensating control

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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A management, operational, and/or technical control (e.g., safeguard or countermeasure) employed by an organization in lieu of a recommended security control in the low, moderate, or high baselines that provides equivalent or comparable protection for an information system.

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Classifications

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Entity Type

Control95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Sensitivity

Regulated85%rule-basedr:sens.regulated.framework.v1

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: compensating controls
possessive: compensating control's
pluralpossessive: compensating controls'

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