Hardening
nounid
2700·updated May 9, 2026verified
Configuring a host’s operating systems and applications to reduce the host’s security weaknesses.
polysemous
Classifications
Entity Type
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- curingsetsolidificationsolidifying
- plural
- Hardenings
- possessive
- Hardening's
- pluralpossessive
- Hardenings'
Framework definitions
- §1
- Hardening is the process of identifying and fixing vulnerabilities on a system.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
- §1
- The process of securing a computer's administrative functions or inactivating those features not needed for the computer's intended business purpose.
- §1
- Configuring a host’s operating systems and applications to reduce the host’s security weaknesses.
- §1
- Configuring a host’s operating systems and applications to reduce the host’s security weaknesses.
- §1
- the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)
- §2
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- §3
- abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue
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