criticality
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
A measure of the degree to which an organization depends on the information or information system for the success of a mission or of a business function.
polysemousNISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary
The importance of a particular asset or function to the enterprise, and the impact if that asset or function is not available
NIST Cybersecurity Framework
A measure of the degree to which an organization depends on the information or information system for the success of a mission or of a business function. (NIST SP 800-60).
FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 2017
The level of impact an interruption in service or exposure will have on an organization. (CMS)
Wordset Dictionary
a critical state
Wordset Dictionary
a state of critical urgency
Classifications
Entity Type
Metric85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity
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Information Class
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Variants
- synonym
- criticalnesscruciality
- alternatephrasing
- Criticality
- plural
- criticalities
- possessive
- criticality's
- pluralpossessive
- criticalities'