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nounid 163666·updated Oct 4, 2026
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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.

MWE

Source

document
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems
found in
proposed during MWE review from Jev verdict jev:9a404e19-31b3-452c-805b-7a09013dcbfa:e0984:345-371
element
e0984
proposed by
dorianc@moxywolf.com
discovery
ManualCuration
Malicious code insertions occur through the exploitation of system vulnerabilities. Malicious code can be inserted into the system in a variety of ways, including email, the internet, and portable storage devices. Malicious code includes viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and spyware. Malicious code can be encoded in various formats, contained in compressed or hidden files, or hidden in files using techniques such as steganography. Malicious code may be present in commercial off-the-shelf software and custom-built software and could include logic bombs, backdoors, and other types of attacks that could affect organizational mission and business functions. Periodic scans of the system and real-time scans of files from external sources as files are downloaded, opened, or executed can detect malicious code. Malicious code protection mechanisms can also monitor systems for anomalous or unexpected behaviors and take appropriate actions.the sentence this term was read in

Proposed during multiword review of this document in the CKI mapping queue.

Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems1 citation · 1 confirmed by a reviewer · observed 2026-10-20 under anchor/0.9/36554/2026-10-20/set-r11
03.14.02.c.2 ¶ 1

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknown—authoritativecki_proposal_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
hidden files
possessive
hidden file's
pluralpossessive
hidden files'

Framework definitions

NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · attested_usage_reviewer_confirmed
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 NIST SP 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.

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