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information security control

nounid 2880·updated May 9, 2026
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Practices and procedures established to protect information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide integrity, confidentiality, and availability.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Control95%rule-basedr:entity.control.safeguard.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
information security measure
plural
information security controls
possessive
information security control's
pluralpossessive
information security controls'

Framework definitions

FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 20171 senseview framework →
§1
Practices and procedures established to protect information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide integrity, confidentiality, and availability.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Practices and procedures established to protect information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide integrity, confidentiality, and availability.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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