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interoperability

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

For the purposes of this standard, interoperability allows any government facility or information system, regardless of the PIV Issuer, to verify a cardholder’s identity using the credentials on the PIV Card.

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

Senses

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon

The ability of two or more systems or components to exchange information and to use the information that has been exchanged.

NERC CIP-004-6 (Personnel & Training) v6

The ability of Information Technology (IT) systems to provide services to and accept services from other IT systems and to use the services so exchanged to enable them to operate effectively together.

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary

The ability of a system to work with or use the parts or equipment of another system.

Systems and software engineering —Vocabulary

Degree to which two or more systems, products or components can exchange information and use the information that has been exchanged.

NIST Big Data Interoperability Framework

The ability for tools to work together in execution, communication, and data exchange under specific conditions.

Autonomy Levels for Unmanned Systems (ALFUS) Framework

The ability of software or hardware systems or components to operate together successfully with minimal effort by end user

Wordset Dictionary

(computer science) the ability to exchange and use information (usually in a large heterogeneous network made up of several local area networks)

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

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