security controls

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-003802",
  "term": "security controls",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. Actions, devices, procedures, techniques, or other measures that reduce the vulnerability of an information system.\n\n2. Protective measures prescribed to meet the security requirements (i.e., confidentiality, integrity, and availability) specified for an information system. Safeguards may include security features, management constraints, personnel security, and security of physical structures, areas, and devices.\n\n3. The management, operational, and technical controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) prescribed for an information system to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system and its information.\n\n4. The management, operational, and technical controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures) prescribed for a system to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system and its information.\n\n5. A safeguard or countermeasure prescribed for an information system or an organization designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of its information and to meet a set of defined security requirements.\n\n6. The safeguards or countermeasures prescribed for an information system or an organization to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system and its information.",
  "abbreviation": "COUNTERMEASURES",
  "synonyms": [
    "SAFEGUARDS",
    "Security Protections"
  ],
  "references": [
    "FIPS 200",
    "FIPS 200 from FIPS 199; NIST SP 800-128 from FIPS 199; NIST SP 800-137 from FIPS 199; NIST SP 800-30 Rev. 1 from FIPS 199; NIST SP 800-34 Rev. 1 from FIPS 199; NIST SP 800-39 from FIPS 199; NIST SP 800-60 Vol. 1 Rev. 1 from FIPS 199; NIST SP 800-60 Vol. 2 Rev. 1 from FIPS 199; NIST SP 800-82r3 from FIPS 199; NISTIR 8170 from FIPS 199",
    "NIST SP 800-12 Rev. 1 from FIPS 199",
    "NIST SP 800-137A",
    "NIST SP 800-160 Vol. 2 Rev. 1 from OMB Circular A-130 (2016)",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/security-controls/"
}