mission assurance category (MAC)

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Abbreviation(s) and Synonym(s):

Definition(s):

A Department of Defense (DoD) Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) term primarily used to determine the requirements for availability and integrity. Rationale: The Risk Management Framework updates the method for determining the potential impact due to the loss of integrity and availability, which is what the MAC covered. These security objectives are treated independently under system categorization IAW CNSSI No. 1253.
Source(s):
CNSSI 4009-2015 under mission assurance category (MAC)

Message Authentication Code.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-108 under MAC
NIST SP 800-185 under MAC
NIST SP 800-56C under MAC [Superseded]

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