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Scavenging

nounid 3988·updated May 12, 2026
candidate

Searching through object residue to acquire data.

Classifications

Entity Type

Threat0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

Regulated75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

Cui65%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Scavengings
possessive
Scavenging's
pluralpossessive
Scavengings'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
Searching through data residue in a system to gain unauthorized knowledge of sensitive data.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
Searching through object residue to acquire data.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
Searching through object residue to acquire data.

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Incoming relationships

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