home/glossary/File Encryption

File Encryption

nounid 2582·updated May 9, 2026
candidate

The process of encrypting individual files on a storage medium and permitting access to the encrypted data only after proper authentication is provided.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Control92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
File Encryptions
possessive
File Encryption's
pluralpossessive
File Encryptions'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
The process of encrypting individual files on a storage medium and permitting access to the encrypted data only after proper authentication is provided.
NIST SP 800-1111 senseview framework →
§1
The process of encrypting individual files on a storage medium and permitting access to the encrypted data only after proper authentication is provided.

Outgoing relationships

No outgoing triples
This term is not the subject of any RDF-style relationship yet.

Incoming relationships

No incoming triples
No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.