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security incident

nounid 4057·updated Aug 28, 2026
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A security event that requires action on the part of an entity to protect information assets and resources.

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
03.02.01.b ¶ 1

Classifications

Entity Type

Event0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

Regulated90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
security incidents
possessive
security incident's
pluralpossessive
security incidents'

Framework definitions

NERC CIP-007-6 (System Security Management) v61 senseview framework →
§1
An adverse event where a threat or exploit may compromise a computer system and cause: loss of data confidentiality, disruption of system or data integrity, or disruption or denial of availability of the system and/or data.
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.
TSP Section 1001 senseview framework →
§1 · glossary
A security event that requires action on the part of an entity to protect information assets and resources.
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
An adverse event where a threat or exploit may compromise a computer system and cause: loss of data confidentiality, disruption of system or data integrity, or disruption or denial of availability of the system and/or data.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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