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protection needs

Definition(s):

  Informal statement or expression of the stakeholder security requirements focused on protecting information, systems, and services associated with mission/business functions throughout the system life cycle. Note: Requirements elicitation and security analyses transform the protection needs into a formalized statement of stakeholder security requirements that are managed as part of the validated stakeholder requirements baseline.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-160 Vol. 1

  Informal statement or expression of the stakeholder security requirements focused on protecting information, systems, and services associated with mission/business functions throughout the system life cycle. Note: Requirements elicitation and security analyses transform the protection needs into a formalized statement of stakeholder security requirements that are managed as part of the validated stakeholder requirements baseline.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-160 Vol. 1