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cybersecurity event

nounid 2171·updated May 9, 2026
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Any act or attempt, successful or unsuccessful, to gain unauthorized access to, disrupt or misuse an Information System or information stored on such Information System.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Event95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

Regulated92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
cyber event
plural
cybersecurity events
possessive
cybersecurity event's
pluralpossessive
cybersecurity events'

Framework definitions

NIST Cybersecurity Framework1 senseview framework →
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Any act or attempt, successful or unsuccessful, to gain unauthorized access to, disrupt or misuse an Information System or information stored on such Information System.
FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 20171 senseview framework →
§1
Any act or attempt, successful or unsuccessful, to gain unauthorized access to, disrupt or misuse an Information System or information stored on such Information System.
NY DFS Part 500 (NYCRR Title 23, Chapter 1, Part 500)1 senseview framework →
§1
Any act or attempt, successful or unsuccessful, to gain unauthorized access to, disrupt or misuse an Information System or information stored on such Information System.

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