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Cybersecurity state

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-001185

The condition of a device’s cybersecurity expressed in a way that is meaningful and useful to authorized entities. For example, a very simple device might express its state in terms of whether or not it is operating as expected, while a complex device might perform cybersecurity logging, check its integrity at boot and report the results, and examine and report additional aspects of its cybersecurity state.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-001185
FieldCybersecurity
ReferencesNISTIR 8259A; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-001185",
  "term": "Cybersecurity state",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "term_source": "Cybersecurity State",
  "definition": "The condition of a device’s cybersecurity expressed in a way that is meaningful and useful to authorized entities. For example, a very simple device might express its state in terms of whether or not it is operating as expected, while a complex device might perform cybersecurity logging, check its integrity at boot and report the results, and examine and report additional aspects of its cybersecurity state.",
  "references": [
    "NISTIR 8259A",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/cybersecurity-state/"
}

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