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Information System

nounid 2897·updated May 12, 2026
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A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information. [Note: Information systems also include specialized systems such as industrial/process controls systems, telephone switching and private branch exchange (PBX) systems, and environmental control systems.]

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

acronym
IS
alternatephrasing
Information systems
plural
Information SystemsInformation systemses
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Information System'sInformation systems's
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Information Systems'Information systemses'

Framework definitions

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →
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The combination of strategic, managerial and operational activities involved in gathering, processing, storing, distributing and using information and its related technologies Scope Note: Information systems are distinct from information technology (IT) in that an information system has an IT component that interacts with the process components.
NIST Cybersecurity Framework1 senseview framework →
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A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information. Note: Information systems also include specialized systems such as industrial/process controls systems, telephone switching and private branch exchange (PBX) systems, and environmental control systems.
NY DFS Part 500 (NYCRR Title 23, Chapter 1, Part 500)1 senseview framework →
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A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information. Note: Information systems also include specialized systems such as industrial/process controls systems, telephone switching and private branch exchange (PBX) systems, and environmental control systems.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
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Electronic systems and physical components used to access, store, transmit, protect, and eventually dispose of information. Information systems can include networks (computer systems, connections to business partners and the Internet, and the interconnections between internal and external systems). Other examples are backup tapes, mobile devices, and other media.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 22 sensesview framework →
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A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information.
§2 · sense_2_pending_review
A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information. [Note: Information systems also include specialized systems such as industrial/process controls systems, telephone switching and private branch exchange (PBX) systems, and environmental control systems.]
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
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A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information. [Note: Information systems also include specialized systems such as industrial/process controls systems, telephone switching and private branch exchange (PBX) systems, and environmental control systems.]
NIST SP 800-531 senseview framework →
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A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information. [Note: Information systems also include specialized systems such as industrial/process controls systems, telephone switching and private branch exchange (PBX) systems, and environmental control systems.]
NIST SP 800-53A1 senseview framework →
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A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information.
NIST SP 800-371 senseview framework →
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A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information.
FIPS PUB 2001 senseview framework →
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A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information.
NIST SP 800-601 senseview framework →
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A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information.
NIST SP 800-181 senseview framework →
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A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information.
FIPS PUB 1991 senseview framework →
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A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information.
44 U.S.C., Sec. 35021 senseview framework →
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A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information.

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