A facility is unattended when there is no human presence. Use of roaming guards and/or an intrusion detection system is not enough to consider a facility attended. Having a trusted individual sitting at the entrance to a vault does make the vault attended. Source: CNSSI No. 4005 (COMSEC)
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A facility is unattended when there is no human presence. Use of roaming guards and/or an intrusion detection system is not enough to consider a facility attended. Having a trusted individual sitting at the entrance to a vault does make the vault attended. Source: CNSSI No. 4005 (COMSEC)
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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Unattended. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 22, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/unattended
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