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Re-identification risk

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-003508

1. The likelihood that a third party can re-identify data subjects in a de-identified dataset.

2. the risk that de-identified records can be re-identified. Re-identification risk is typically reported as the percentage of records in a dataset that can be re-identified.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-003508
FieldCybersecurity
ReferencesNIST SP 800-188; NISTIR 8053; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-003508",
  "term": "Re-identification risk",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. The likelihood that a third party can re-identify data subjects in a de-identified dataset.\n\n2. the risk that de-identified records can be re-identified. Re-identification risk is typically reported as the percentage of records in a dataset that can be re-identified.",
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-188",
    "NISTIR 8053",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/re-identification-risk/"
}

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