external information system

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

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An information system or component of an information system that is outside of the accreditation boundary established by the organization and for which the organization typically has no direct control over the application of required security controls or the assessment of security control effectiveness.

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Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

System95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Sensitivity

Regulated85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: external information systems
possessive: external information system's
pluralpossessive: external information systems'

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