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Technical Controls

nounid 4372·updated Aug 28, 2026
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The security controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) for an information system that are primarily implemented and executed by the information system through mechanisms contained in the hardware, software, or firmware components of the system.

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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
03.02.02.b ¶ 23.2.2 ¶ 102

Classifications

Entity Type

Control95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

alternatephrasing
Technical Control
possessive
Technical Controls's
pluralpossessive
Technical Controlses'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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The security controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) for an information system that are primarily implemented and executed by the information system through mechanisms contained in the hardware, software, or firmware components of the system.
NIST SP 800-531 senseview framework →
§1
The security controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) for an information system that are primarily implemented and executed by the information system through mechanisms contained in the hardware, software, or firmware components of the system.
NIST SP 800-53A1 senseview framework →
§1
The security controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) for an information system that are primarily implemented and executed by the information system through mechanisms contained in the hardware, software, or firmware components of the system.
NIST SP 800-371 senseview framework →
§1
The security controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) for an information system that are primarily implemented and executed by the information system through mechanisms contained in the hardware, software, or firmware components of the system.
FIPS PUB 2001 senseview framework →
§1
The security controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) for an information system that are primarily implemented and executed by the information system through mechanisms contained in the hardware, software, or firmware components of the system.
NIST Special Publication 800-30 Revision 1: Guide for Conducting Risk Assessments1 senseview framework →
§1
Security controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) for an information system that are primarily implemented and executed by the information system through mechanisms contained in the hardware, software, or firmware components of the system.
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
The security controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) for an information system that are primarily implemented and executed by the information system through mechanisms contained in the hardware, software, or firmware components of the system.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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