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Security Functions

nounid 4054·updated May 9, 2026
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The hardware, software, or firmware of the system responsible for enforcing the system security policy and supporting the isolation of code and data on which the protection is based.

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Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems6 citations · 6 defined by this document · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
03.01.05.b03.01.05.d ¶ 103.01.06.b03.01.06.b ¶ 103.01.12.d ¶ 23.2.2 ¶ 154

Classifications

Entity Type

Capability85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

possessive
Security Functions's
pluralpossessive
Security Functionses'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
The hardware, software, and/or firmware of the information system responsible for enforcing the system security policy and supporting the isolation of code and data on which the protection is based.
NIST SP 800-531 senseview framework →
§1
The hardware, software, and/or firmware of the information system responsible for enforcing the system security policy and supporting the isolation of code and data on which the protection is based.
NIST SP 800-172r31 senseview framework →
§1 · glossary
The hardware, software, or firmware of the system responsible for enforcing the system security policy and supporting the isolation of code and data on which the protection is based.
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · glossary
The hardware, software, or firmware of the system responsible for enforcing the system security policy and supporting the isolation of code and data on which the protection is based.
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
The hardware, software, and/or firmware of the information system responsible for enforcing the system security policy and supporting the isolation of code and data on which the protection is based.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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