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Environment of Operation

nounid 2476·updated May 12, 2026
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The physical, technical, and organizational setting in which an information system operates, including but not limited to: missions/business functions; mission/business processes; threat space; vulnerabilities; enterprise and information security architectures; personnel; facilities; supply chain relationships; information technologies; organizational governance and culture; acquisition and procurement processes; organizational policies and procedures; organizational assumptions, constraints, risk tolerance, and priorities/trade-offs).

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

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Environment of Operations
possessive
Environment of Operation's
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Environment of Operations'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 22 sensesview framework →
§1
The physical surroundings in which an information system processes, stores, and transmits information.
§2 · sense_2_pending_review
The physical, technical, and organizational setting in which an information system operates, including but not limited to: missions/business functions; mission/business processes; threat space; vulnerabilities; enterprise and information security architectures; personnel; facilities; supply chain relationships; information technologies; organizational governance and culture; acquisition and procurement processes; organizational policies and procedures; organizational assumptions, constraints, risk tolerance, and priorities/trade-offs).
NIST SP 800-53A1 senseview framework →
§1
The physical surroundings in which an information system processes, stores, and transmits information.
NIST SP 800-371 senseview framework →
§1
The physical surroundings in which an information system processes, stores, and transmits information.
NIST SP 800-301 senseview framework →
§1
The physical, technical, and organizational setting in which an information system operates, including but not limited to: missions/business functions; mission/business processes; threat space; vulnerabilities; enterprise and information security architectures; personnel; facilities; supply chain relationships; information technologies; organizational governance and culture; acquisition and procurement processes; organizational policies and procedures; organizational assumptions, constraints, risk tolerance, and priorities/trade-offs).

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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