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Damage-Limiting Operations

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Procedural and operational measures that use system capabilities to maximize the ability of an organization to detect successful system compromises by an adversary and to limit the effects of such compromises (both detected and undetected).

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NIST Special Publication 800 NIST SP 800-172r3 Enhanced Security Requirements for Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information
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DLO

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NIST SP 800-172r31 senseview framework →
§1 · glossary
Procedural and operational measures that use system capabilities to maximize the ability of an organization to detect successful system compromises by an adversary and to limit the effects of such compromises (both detected and undetected).
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