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Data retention

nounid 2234·updated May 9, 2026
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Refers to the policies that govern data and records management for meeting internal, legal and regulatory data archival requirements

MWE

Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems1 citation · 1 machine-matched · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
03.14.08 ¶ 2

Classifications

Entity Type

Requirement85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Data retentions
possessive
Data retention's
pluralpossessive
Data retentions'

Framework definitions

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
Refers to the policies that govern data and records management for meeting internal, legal and regulatory data archival requirements
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · attested_usage_pack_match
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.
Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Refers to the policies that govern data and records management for meeting internal, legal and regulatory data archival requirements
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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