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Security Service

nounid 4092·updated May 9, 2026
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A capability that supports one, or more, of the security requirements (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability). Examples of security services are key management, access control, and authentication.

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Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems2 citations · 2 machine-matched · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
03.01.05.d ¶ 103.01.12.d ¶ 2

Classifications

Entity Type

Capability95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Security Services
possessive
Security Service's
pluralpossessive
Security Services'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 22 sensesview framework →
§1
A capability that supports one, or many, of the security goals. Examples of security services are key management, access control, and authentication.
§2 · sense_2_pending_review
A capability that supports one, or more, of the security requirements (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability). Examples of security services are key management, access control, and authentication.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
A capability that supports one, or more, of the security requirements (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability). Examples of security services are key management, access control, and authentication.
NIST SP 800-271 senseview framework →
§1
A capability that supports one, or many, of the security goals. Examples of security services are key management, access control, and authentication.
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 2 citations 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 capability that supports one, or more, of the security requirements (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability). Examples of security services are key management, access control, and authentication.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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