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non-person entity (NPE)

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-002871

An entity related to information technology with a digital identity that acts in cyberspace, but is not a human actor. This can include organizations, hardware objects (physical entities/devices), software objects (virtual/logical entities), and information artifacts.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-002871
FieldCybersecurity
AbbreviationNPE
ReferencesCNSSI 4009-2022 from DHS OIG 11-121 (adapted); NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-002871",
  "term": "non-person entity (NPE)",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "An entity related to information technology with a digital identity that acts in cyberspace, but is not a human actor. This can include organizations, hardware objects (physical entities/devices), software objects (virtual/logical entities), and information artifacts.",
  "abbreviation": "NPE",
  "references": [
    "CNSSI 4009-2022 from DHS OIG 11-121 (adapted)",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/non-person-entity-npe/"
}

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