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business process

nounid 1737·updated Aug 28, 2026
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A collection of linked activities that takes one or more kinds of input and creates an output that is of value to an FMI’s stakeholders. A business process may comprise several assets, including information, ICT resources, personnel, logistics and organisational structure, which contribute either directly or indirectly to the added value of the service.

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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
03.11.01.b ¶ 1

Classifications

Entity Type

Process95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

alternatephrasing
Business Process
plural
business processes
possessive
business process's
pluralpossessive
business processes'

Framework definitions

CPMI-IOSCO Guidance on Cyber Resilience for Financial Market Infrastructures1 senseview framework →
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A collection of linked activities that takes one or more kinds of input and creates an output that is of value to an FMI’s stakeholders. A business process may comprise several assets, including information, ICT resources, personnel, logistics and organisational structure, which contribute either directly or indirectly to the added value of the service.
IEEE Guide for Terms and Concepts in Intelligent Process Automation1 senseview framework →
§1
A defined set of business activities that represent the steps or tasks required to achieve a business objective, including the flow and use of information, participants, and human or digital 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
A collection of linked activities that takes one or more kinds of input and creates an output that is of value to an FMI’s stakeholders. A business process may comprise several assets, including information, ICT resources, personnel, logistics and organisational structure, which contribute either directly or indirectly to the added value of the service.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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Incoming relationships

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