U.S. flag   An unofficial archive of your favorite United States government website
Dot gov

Official websites do not use .rip
We are an unofficial archive, replace .rip by .gov in the URL to access the official website. Access our document index here.

Https

We are building a provable archive!
A lock (Dot gov) or https:// don't prove our archive is authentic, only that you securely accessed it. Note that we are working to fix that :)

Computer Security Resource Center

Computer Security Resource Center

This is an archive
(replace .gov by .rip)
    Glossary
A  |  B  |  C  |  D  |  E  |  F  |  G  |  H  |  I  |  J  |  K  |  L  |  M  |  N  |  O  |  P  |  Q  |  R  |  S  |  T  |  U  |  V  |  W  |  X  |  Y  |  Z

control parameter

Abbreviation(s) and Synonym(s):

Definition(s):

  See organization-defined control parameter.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-37 Rev. 2
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5

  The variable part of a control or control enhancement that can be instantiated by an organization during the tailoring process by either assigning an organization-defined value or selecting a value from a pre-defined list provided as part of the control or control enhancement.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-37 Rev. 2 under organization-defined control parameter

  The variable part of a control or control enhancement that is instantiated by an organization during the tailoring process by either assigning an organization-defined value or selecting a value from a predefined list provided as part of the control or control enhancement. See assignment operation and selection operation.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 under organization-defined control parameter
NIST SP 800-53B under organization-defined control parameter