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non-security information

nounverified·updated Sep 1, 2026

The phrase is the straightforward logical complement of the defined term "security information" — defined by NIST SP 800-37 Rev. 2 as information within a system that can potentially impact the operation of security functions or the provision of security services. "Non-security information" therefore denotes any information residing in or processed by a system that does **not** meet that threshold — content whose compromise, modification, or disclosure would not affect security enforcement mechanisms, security policy, or the isolation of security-relevant code and data. In context it serves as a residual or exclusionary category, used to draw a boundary around the scope of a security control or analysis by naming what falls outside it, rather than labeling a substantive class of data in its own right.

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Senses

NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage reviewer confirmed

No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.

Web lookup draftsweb lookup draft

A compositional phrase, not a term of art. It is used in plain-language contrast within a given document to distinguish information whose subject matter, classification, or handling requirements relate to security functions from information that does not — for example, routine operational, administrative, or business-process records that happen to reside in the same system or log stream as security-relevant data. No standards body (NIST, ISO, AICPA, CIS, or any regulator) has assigned it a standardized, bounded meaning distinct from its component words.

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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