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Impact

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With respect to security, the effect on organizational operations, organizational assets, individuals, other organizations, or the Nation (including the national security interests of the United States) of a loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability of information or a system. With respect to privacy, the adverse effects that individuals could experience when an information system processes their PII.

polysemousNIST SP 800-172r3

Senses

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary

Magnitude of loss resulting from a threat exploiting a vulnerability

NIST Cybersecurity Framework

A measure of the effect of an incident, problem, or change on business processes; often based on how service levels will be affected; used with urgency to assign priority.

FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 2012

To come into contact with another object forcibly.

SEC IM Guidance Update: Cybersecurity Guidance, No. 2015-02

In Information Security: the magnitude of harm that can be expected to result from unauthorized disclosure, modification, or destruction of information, loss of information or loss of information system availability.

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

The magnitude of harm that can be expected to result from the consequences of unauthorized disclosure of information, unauthorized modification of information, unauthorized destruction of information, or loss of information or information system availability.

Wordset Dictionary

influencing strongly

Wordset Dictionary

the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat

Wordset Dictionary

the striking of one body against another

Wordset Dictionary

a forceful consequence

Classifications

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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