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situational awareness

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Within a volume of time and space, the perception of an enterprise’s security posture and its threat environment; the comprehension/meaning of both taken together (risk); and the projection of their status into the near future.

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

Senses

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexiconextended definition available

Comprehending information about the current and developing security posture and risks, based on information gathered, observation and analysis, and knowledge or experience.

CPMI-IOSCO Guidance on Cyber Resilience for Financial Market Infrastructures

The ability to identify, process and comprehend the critical elements of information through a cyber threat intelligence process that provides a level of understanding that is relevant to act upon to mitigate the impact of a potentially harmful event.

Engineering Trustworthy Secure Systems

Perception of elements in the system and/or environment and a comprehension of their meaning, which could include a projection of the future status of perceived elements and the uncertainty associated with that status.

NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match

No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 2 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

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Situational Awareness
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