root cause
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
The underlying or original source of an incident or problem.
MWEFFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 2012
Senses
NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match
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.
Classifications
Entity Type
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Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- cause of failure
- plural
- root causes
- possessive
- root cause's
- pluralpossessive
- root causes'