organizational system

a discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information) that is owned or operated by or for an organization and falls within that organization's authorization boundary — in contrast to external systems or external service providers over which the organization lacks direct control. --- DEFINITION: A bounded information system — comprising the hardware, software, firmware, data, people, and communications components assembled to collect, process, store, transmit, or dispose of information — that is owned, operated, or controlled by a specific organization and falls within that organization's authorization boundary. What distinguishes it from a generic "information system" is the ownership and accountability relationship: a service or system used by but implemented *outside* that boundary is explicitly an *external* system, over which the organization typically has no direct control for applying required security controls — making the boundary the defining characteristic. In practice, the term anchors risk-management obligations: organizations must apply configuration settings, securit

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