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Legacy Environment

Definition(s):

  A Custom environment containing older systems or applications that may need to be secured to meet today’s threats, but often use older, less secure communication mechanisms and need to be able to communicate with other systems.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-70 Rev. 4

  Typical Custom environment usually involving older systems or applications.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-70 Rev. 2 [Superseded]

  Custom environment usually involving older systems or applications.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-70 Rev. 3 [Superseded]