plaintext

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-003155",
  "term": "plaintext",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. Intelligible data that has meaning and can be understood without the application of cryptography.\n\n2. Intelligible data that has meaning and can be understood without the application of decryption.\n\n3. Intelligible data, the semantic content of which is available without using cryptographic techniques.\n\n4. Data that is input to an encryption process.\n\n5. Information that is not encrypted.\n\n6. Intelligible data that has meaning and can be read or acted upon without the application of decryption. Also known as cleartext.\n\n7. Usable data that is formatted as input to a mode.\n\n8. The input data to the authenticated encryption function that is both authenticated and encrypted.\n\n9. The input to the authenticated-encryption function.\n\n10. Data that has not been encrypted; intelligible data that has meaning and can be understood without the application of decryption.",
  "synonyms": [
    "clear text"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-175A",
    "NIST IR 8459; NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 4 [Superseded]; NIST SP 800-57 Part 2 [Superseded]; NIST SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev.1; NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 5; NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 3 [Superseded]",
    "CNSSI 4009-2022 from ISO/IEC 2382:2015 (under 'plaintext')",
    "CNSSI 4009-2015 from IETF RFC 4949 Ver 2 (Adapted); CNSSI 4009-2022 from IETF RFC 4949 Ver 2 (adapted)",
    "CNSSI 4009-2015 from ISO 7498-2:1989",
    "NIST SP 800-20; NIST SP 800-67 Rev. 2; NIST SP 800-67 Rev. 1 [Superseded]",
    "NIST SP 800-38A",
    "NIST SP 800-38D",
    "NIST SP 800-38F",
    "NIST SP 800-175B Rev. 1",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/plaintext/"
}