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accreditation boundary · SynAc

TERM

accreditation boundary

All components of an information system to be accredited by an authorizing official and excludes separately accredited systems, to which the information system is connected. Synonymous with the term security perimeter defined in CNSS Instruction 4009 and DCID 6/3.

Updated

Jan 06, 2026

Also known as

security perimeter

Senses

Sense 1

NIST CSRC Glossary

Bibliography

NIST CSRC Glossary
Accessed Jan 05, 2026Quoted
accreditation boundary
https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/accreditation_boundary
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Source: NIST CSRC Glossary (csrc.nist.gov).

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Synonym for "security perimeter". [C4009]

IETF RFC 4949 (Internet Security Glossary)

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IETF RFC 4949 (Internet Security Glossary)
Accessed Jan 06, 2026Quoted
RFC 4949 — Internet Security Glossary (Version 2)
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4949.txt
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Source: IETF RFC 4949 (rfc-editor.org).