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Information sensitivity. Information sensitivity is the control of access to information or knowledge that might result in loss of an advantage or level of security if disclosed to others. [1] Loss, misuse, modification, or unauthorized access to sensitive information can adversely affect the privacy or welfare of an individual, trade secrets ...
Sensitive compartmented information ( SCI) is a type of United States classified information concerning or derived from sensitive intelligence sources, methods, or analytical processes. All SCI must be handled within formal access control systems established by the Director of National Intelligence. [ 1]
Sensitive security information ( SSI) is a category of United States sensitive but unclassified information obtained or developed in the conduct of security activities, the public disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy, reveal trade secrets or privileged or confidential information, or be detrimental to the ...
Sensitive But Unclassified(SBU) is a designation of information in the United States federal governmentthat, though unclassified, often requires strict controlsover its distribution. SBU is a broad category of information that includes material covered by such designations as For Official Use Only(FOUO), Law Enforcement Sensitive(LES ...
Classified information is material that a government body deems to be sensitive information that must be protected. Access is restricted by law or regulation to particular groups of people with the necessary security clearance and need to know. Mishandling of the material can incur criminal penalties.
A sensitive compartmented information facility ( SCIF / skɪf / ), in United States military, national security/national defense and intelligence parlance, is an enclosed area within a building that is used to process sensitive compartmented information (SCI) types of classified information . SCIFs can be either permanent or temporary and can ...
Sensitive compartmented information (SCI) is a type of classified information controlled through formal systems established by the Director of National Intelligence. To access SCI, one must first have a favorable SSBI and be granted SCI eligibility.
Information security, sometimes shortened to infosec, [ 1] is the practice of protecting information by mitigating information risks. It is part of information risk management. [ 2][ 3] It typically involves preventing or reducing the probability of unauthorized or inappropriate access to data or the unlawful use, disclosure, disruption ...