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root cause

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The underlying or original source of an incident or problem.

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Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms
synonym
cause of failure
plural
root causes
possessive
root cause's
pluralpossessive
root causes'

Framework definitions

1 sense across 1 framework
FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 20121 senseview framework →
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The underlying or original source of an incident or problem.

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