mitigation action
nounid
3280·updated May 9, 2026verified
An action taken by an organization to reduce the impact of a possible problem or incident.
MWE
Attested in
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems
03.14.02.c.2
Classifications
Entity Type
Control92%rule-basedr:entity.control.safeguard.v1
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- mitigating action
- plural
- mitigation actions
- possessive
- mitigation action's
- pluralpossessive
- mitigation actions'
Framework definitions
- §1
- An action taken by an organization to reduce the impact of a possible problem or incident.
- §1
- An action taken by an organization to reduce the impact of a possible problem or incident.
- §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.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- An action taken by an organization to reduce the impact of a possible problem or incident.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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