external system (or component)

nounverified·updated Aug 30, 2026

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A system or component of a system that is outside of the authorization 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.

MWENIST SP 800-172r3

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

surface forms

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