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Controlled Cryptographic Item Assembly

nounid 2012·updated May 9, 2026
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Device embodying a cryptographic logic or other COMSEC design that NSA has approved as a Controlled Cryptographic Item (CCI). It performs the entire COMSEC function, but depends upon the host equipment to operate.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Physical92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

Regulated95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

Cui88%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Controlled Cryptographic Item Assemblies
possessive
Controlled Cryptographic Item Assembly's
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Controlled Cryptographic Item Assemblies'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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Device embodying a cryptographic logic or other COMSEC design that NSA has approved as a Controlled Cryptographic Item (CCI). It performs the entire COMSEC function, but depends upon the host equipment to operate.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
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Device embodying a cryptographic logic or other COMSEC design that NSA has approved as a Controlled Cryptographic Item (CCI). It performs the entire COMSEC function, but depends upon the host equipment to operate.

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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