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Contamination

nounid 1987·updated May 9, 2026
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Type of incident involving the introduction of data of one security classification or security category into data of a lower security classification or different security category.

polysemous

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Classifications

Entity Type

Event85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

synonym
contaminantpollutiontaint
plural
Contaminations
possessive
Contamination's
pluralpossessive
Contaminations'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
Type of incident involving the introduction of data of one security classification or security category into data of a lower security classification or different security category.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
Type of incident involving the introduction of data of one security classification or security category into data of a lower security classification or different security category.
Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
the act of contaminating or polluting
§2
the state of being contaminated
§3
a substance that contaminates
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Type of incident involving the introduction of data of one security classification or security category into data of a lower security classification or different security category.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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