Safeguard

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CNSSI 4009

1.) Protection included to counteract a known or expected condition. 2.) Incorporated countermeasure or set of countermeasures within a base release.

NIST SP 800-28v2

An approved security measure taken to protect computational resources by eliminating or reducing the risk to a system, which may include hardware and software mechanisms, policies, procedures, and physical controls.