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subject

nounid 4267·updated May 9, 2026
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An active entity (generally an individual, process, or device) that causes information to flow among objects or changes the system state. See also Object.

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Identity85%rule-basedr:entity.identity.account.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
casecontentdepicted objectmatternationalpredicatestudythemetopic
alternatephrasing
Subject
plural
subjects
possessive
subject's
pluralpossessive
subjects'

Framework definitions

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
§1 · extended_definition_available
An individual, process, or device causing information to flow among objects or a change to the system state.
FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 20121 senseview framework →
§1
To bring under control or jurisdiction.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 22 sensesview framework →
§1
Generally an individual, process, or device causing information to flow among objects or changes to the system state. See Object.
§2 · sense_2_pending_review
An active entity (generally an individual, process, or device) that causes information to flow among objects or changes the system state. See also Object.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
An active entity (generally an individual, process, or device) that causes information to flow among objects or changes the system state. See also Object.
NIST SP 800-531 senseview framework →
§1
Generally an individual, process, or device causing information to flow among objects or changes to the system state. See Object.
Wordset Dictionary8 sensesview framework →
§1
something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
§2
some situation or event that is thought about
§3
a branch of knowledge
§4
one of the two main constituents of a sentence
§5
(logic) the first term of a proposition
§6
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
§7
a person who owes allegiance to that nation
§8
a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures

Outgoing relationships

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This term is not the subject of any RDF-style relationship yet.

Incoming relationships

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