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portable storage device

nounverified·updated Oct 6, 2026

A system component that can be inserted into and removed from a system and that is used to store information or data (e.g., text, video, audio, and/or image data). Such components are typically implemented on magnetic, optical, or solid-state devices (e.g., compact/digital video disks, flash/thumb drives, external solid-state drives, external hard disk drives, flash memory cards/drives that contain nonvolatile memory).

MWENIST SP 800-171r3

Classifications

Entity Type

Asset100%manual reviewI-071.physical_split
Ddorianclast reviewed —
Physical became Facility; its devices went to Asset (Dorian, 2026-10-06; cki DESIGN.md I-071)

Sensitivity

Regulated75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed —

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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