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Data Transfer Device

nounid 2239·updated May 9, 2026
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Fill device designed to securely store, transport, and transfer electronically both COMSEC and TRANSEC key, designed to be backward compatible with the previous generation of COMSEC common fill devices, and programmable to support modern mission systems.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Physical95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

Regulated90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

Cui85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

acronym
DTD
plural
Data Transfer Devices
possessive
Data Transfer Device's
pluralpossessive
Data Transfer Devices'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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Fill device designed to securely store, transport, and transfer electronically both COMSEC and TRANSEC key, designed to be backward compatible with the previous generation of COMSEC common fill devices, and programmable to support modern mission systems.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
Fill device designed to securely store, transport, and transfer electronically both COMSEC and TRANSEC key, designed to be backward compatible with the previous generation of COMSEC common fill devices, and programmable to support modern mission systems.

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