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WORM (Acronym)

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Write once, read many times. A type of optical disk where a computer can save information once, can then read that information, but cannot change it.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Threat90%rule-basedr:entity.threat.attack.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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Framework definitions

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
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Write once, read many times. A type of optical disk where a computer can save information once, can then read that information, but cannot change it.

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