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Cipher Block Chaining-Message Authentication Code

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A secret-key block-cipher algorithm used to encrypt data and to generate a Message Authentication Code (MAC) to provide assurance that the payload and the associated data are authentic.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Control85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

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Variants

acronym
CBC-MAC
plural
Cipher Block Chaining-Message Authentication Codes
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Cipher Block Chaining-Message Authentication Code's
pluralpossessive
Cipher Block Chaining-Message Authentication Codes'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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A secret-key block-cipher algorithm used to encrypt data and to generate a Message Authentication Code (MAC) to provide assurance that the payload and the associated data are authentic.
NIST SP 800-38C1 senseview framework →
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A secret-key block-cipher algorithm used to encrypt data and to generate a Message Authentication Code (MAC) to provide assurance that the payload and the associated data are authentic.

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