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Cryptographic Incident

Cryptographic Incident: Any uninvestigated or unevaluated equipment malfunction or operator or COMSEC Account Manager error that has the potential to…

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Any uninvestigated or unevaluated equipment malfunction or operator or COMSEC Account Manager error that has the potential to jeopardize the cryptographic security of a machine, off-line manual cryptosystem OR any investigated or evaluated occurrence that has been determined as not jeopardizing the cryptographic security of a cryptosystem.

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Committee on National Security Systems Glossary CNSSI 4009-2015
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