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Intrusion prevention

nounid 3022·updated May 9, 2026
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A preemptive approach to network security used to identify potential threats and respond to them to stop, or at least limit, damage or disruption

MWE

Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems1 citation · 1 machine-matched · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
03.14.06.c ¶ 2

Classifications

Entity Type

Capability92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Intrusion preventions
possessive
Intrusion prevention's
pluralpossessive
Intrusion preventions'

Framework definitions

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
A preemptive approach to network security used to identify potential threats and respond to them to stop, or at least limit, damage or disruption
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · attested_usage_pack_match
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.
Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
A preemptive approach to network security used to identify potential threats and respond to them to stop, or at least limit, damage or disruption
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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