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anomalous activity

nounid 1487·updated May 9, 2026
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Any actions that are outside of what is expected, as measured against what "normally" should be happening, occur.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Event92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
anomalous event
plural
anomalous activities
possessive
anomalous activity's
pluralpossessive
anomalous activities'

Framework definitions

NIST Cybersecurity Framework1 senseview framework →
§1
Any actions that are outside of what is expected, as measured against what "normally" should be happening, occur.
FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 20171 senseview framework →
§1
Any actions that are outside of what is expected, as measured against what "normally" should be happening, occur.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
Activity that deviates from normal. The result of the process of comparing definitions of what activity is considered normal against observed events to identify significant deviations.

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