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password change

nounid 3514·updated May 9, 2026
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The changing of a user's password.

MWE

Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems1 citation · 1 machine-matched · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
03.03.01.b

Classifications

Entity Type

Credential95%rule-basedr:entity.credential.password.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
change of password
plural
password changes
possessive
password change's
pluralpossessive
password changes'

Framework definitions

NERC CIP-007-6 (System Security Management) v61 senseview framework →
§1
The changing of a user's password.
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§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.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
The changing of a user's password.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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Incoming relationships

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