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Strength of Mechanism

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A scale for measuring the relative strength of a security mechanism.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Metric85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

acronym
SoM
plural
Strength of Mechanisms
possessive
Strength of Mechanism's
pluralpossessive
Strength of Mechanisms'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
A scale for measuring the relative strength of a security mechanism.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
A scale for measuring the relative strength of a security mechanism.

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