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Overlay

nounid 101177·updated Aug 30, 2026

Overlay” is retired. It does not tag in any document, it is excluded from the anchor pack, and it does not hold its lemma — so another term can take it.

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A specification of security or privacy controls, control enhancements, supplemental guidance, and other supporting information employed during the tailoring process, that is intended to complement (and further refine) security control baselines. The overlay specification may be more stringent or less stringent than the original security control baseline specification and can be applied to multiple information systems. [13]

polysemous

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Classifications

Entity Type

Control72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface
§2
protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · glossary
A specification of security or privacy controls, control enhancements, supplemental guidance, and other supporting information employed during the tailoring process, that is intended to complement (and further refine) security control baselines. The overlay specification may be more stringent or less stringent than the original security control baseline specification and can be applied to multiple information systems. [13]
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)

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