operational control
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
The day-to-day security procedures and mechanisms to protect operational systems. The operational controls consist of the physical, environmental and personnel security controls. These controls deal with the everyday operation of a company or organization to ensure all objectives are achieved.
MWENERC CIP-006-6 (Physical Security of BES Cyber Systems) v6
Senses
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
The security controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) for an information system that primarily are implemented and executed by people (as opposed to systems).
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)
The security controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) for an information system that are primarily implemented and executed by people (as opposed to systems).
Classifications
Entity Type
Control95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Regulated90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- alternatephrasing
- Operational Controls
- plural
- operational controlsOperational Controlses
- possessive
- operational control'sOperational Controls's
- pluralpossessive
- operational controls'Operational Controlses'