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Confidentiality

nounid 1962·updated May 9, 2026
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Preserving authorized restrictions on information access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information. [20]

polysemous

Attested in

No recorded attestations. They are written when an MWE tagging stage is completed, stamped with the pack version and the document’s digest.

Classifications

Entity Type

Requirement100%manual reviewaxis_review_queue.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Confidentialities
possessive
Confidentiality's
pluralpossessive
Confidentialities'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
Confidentiality is the need to ensure that information is disclosed only to those who are authorized to view it.
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
§1 · extended_definition_available
A property that information is not disclosed to users, processes, or devices unless they have been authorized to access the information.
ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
Preserving authorized restrictions on access and disclosure, including means for protecting privacy and proprietary information
NY DFS Part 500 (NYCRR Title 23, Chapter 1, Part 500)1 senseview framework →
§1
Preserving authorized restrictions on information access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information. The loss of confidentiality is the unauthorized disclosure of information.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
Assuring information will be kept secret, with access limited to appropriate persons.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 23 sensesview framework →
§1
Preserving authorized restrictions on information access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information.
§2 · sense_2_pending_review
The property that sensitive information is not disclosed to unauthorized individuals, entities, or processes.
§3 · sense_3_pending_review
The property that information is not disclosed to system entities (users, processes, devices) unless they have been authorized to access the information.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
The property that information is not disclosed to system entities (users, processes, devices) unless they have been authorized to access the information.
NIST SP 800-531 senseview framework →
§1
Preserving authorized restrictions on information access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information.
NIST SP 800-53A1 senseview framework →
§1
Preserving authorized restrictions on information access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information.
NIST SP 800-371 senseview framework →
§1
Preserving authorized restrictions on information access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information.
FIPS PUB 2001 senseview framework →
§1
Preserving authorized restrictions on information access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information.
FIPS PUB 140-21 senseview framework →
§1
The property that sensitive information is not disclosed to unauthorized individuals, entities, or processes.
NIST SP 800-601 senseview framework →
§1
Preserving authorized restrictions on information access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information.
NIST SP 800-181 senseview framework →
§1
Preserving authorized restrictions on information access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information.
NIST SP 800-271 senseview framework →
§1
Preserving authorized restrictions on information access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information.
A Glossary of Common Cybersecurity Words and Phrases1 senseview framework →
§1
A property that information is not disclosed to users, processes, or devices unless they have been authorized to access the information.
Information Technology Laboratory Computer Security Resource Center Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
Preserving authorized restrictions on information access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information.
Sp 800-66 rev. 1. an introductory resource guide for implementing the health insurance portability and accountability act (hipaa) security rule1 senseview framework →
§1
The property that data or information is not made available or disclosed to unauthorized persons or processes.
Glossary of Statistical Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
Data confidentiality is a property of data, usually resulting from legislative measures, which prevents it from unauthorized disclosure.
Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
discretion in keeping secret information
§2
the state of being secret
NIST SP 800-172r31 senseview framework →
§1 · glossary
Preserving authorized restrictions on information access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information. [20]
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · glossary
Preserving authorized restrictions on information access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information. [79]
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
AICPA Privacy Management Framework1 senseview framework →
§1 · glossary
The protection of non-PI and data from the risk of unauthorized disclosure.
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
The property that information is not disclosed to system entities (users, processes, devices) unless they have been authorized to access the information.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

Outgoing relationships

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