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Security violation

nounid 4100·updated May 9, 2026
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An instance in which a user or other person circumvents or defeats the controls of a system to obtain unauthorized access to information or system resources.

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
03.10.02.b ¶ 1

Classifications

Entity Type

Event85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

50%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Security violations
possessive
Security violation's
pluralpossessive
Security violations'

Framework definitions

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
An instance in which a user or other person circumvents or defeats the controls of a system to obtain unauthorized access to information or system resources.
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
An instance in which a user or other person circumvents or defeats the controls of a system to obtain unauthorized access to information or system resources.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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