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Information Flow Control

nounid 2866·updated May 9, 2026
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Procedure to ensure that information transfers within a system are not made in violation of the security policy.

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Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems4 citations · 4 defined by this document · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
03.01.03 ¶ 203.01.03 ¶ 403.04.11.b ¶ 13.2.2 ¶ 73

Classifications

Entity Type

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

Sensitivity

Regulated85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

Cui75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Information Flow Controls
possessive
Information Flow Control's
pluralpossessive
Information Flow Controls'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
Procedure to ensure that information transfers within an information system are not made in violation of the security policy.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
Procedure to ensure that information transfers within an information system are not made in violation of the security policy.
NIST SP 800-172r31 senseview framework →
§1 · glossary
Procedure to ensure that information transfers within a system are not made in violation of the security policy.
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · glossary
Procedure to ensure that information transfers within a system do not violate the security policy.
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Procedure to ensure that information transfers within an information system are not made in violation of the security policy.
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Incoming relationships

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