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Compromising Emanations

nounid 1911·updated May 9, 2026
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Unintentional signals that, if intercepted and analyzed, would disclose the information transmitted, received, handled, or otherwise processed by information systems equipment. See TEMPEST.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Vulnerability75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

Regulated85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

Cui70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

possessive
Compromising Emanations's
pluralpossessive
Compromising Emanationses'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
Unintentional signals that, if intercepted and analyzed, would disclose the information transmitted, received, handled, or otherwise processed by information systems equipment. See TEMPEST.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
Unintentional signals that, if intercepted and analyzed, would disclose the information transmitted, received, handled, or otherwise processed by information systems equipment. See TEMPEST.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Unintentional signals that, if intercepted and analyzed, would disclose the information transmitted, received, handled, or otherwise processed by information systems equipment. See TEMPEST.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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