Masquerading
nounid
3226·updated May 9, 2026verified
A type of threat action whereby an unauthorized entity gains access to a system or performs a malicious act by illegitimately posing as an authorized entity.
polysemous
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Classifications
Entity Type
Threat95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Masqueradings
- possessive
- Masquerading's
- pluralpossessive
- Masqueradings'
Framework definitions
- §1
- When an unauthorized agent claims the identity of another agent, it is said to be masquerading.
- §2 · sense_2_pending_review
- A type of threat action whereby an unauthorized entity gains access to a system or performs a malicious act by illegitimately posing as an authorized entity.
- §1
- A type of threat action whereby an unauthorized entity gains access to a system or performs a malicious act by illegitimately posing as an authorized entity.
- §1
- When an unauthorized agent claims the identity of another agent, it is said to be masquerading.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- A type of threat action whereby an unauthorized entity gains access to a system or performs a malicious act by illegitimately posing as an authorized entity.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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