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key resource

nounid 3085·updated May 9, 2026
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A publicly or privately controlled asset necessary to sustain continuity of government and/or economic operations, or an asset that is of great historical significance.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Physical72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

Regulated68%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
key resources
possessive
key resource's
pluralpossessive
key resources'

Framework definitions

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
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A publicly or privately controlled asset necessary to sustain continuity of government and/or economic operations, or an asset that is of great historical significance.

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