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Systems Security Certified Practitioner – SSCP – Question0408

Which of the following is best defined as a circumstance in which a collection of information items is required to be classified at a higher security level than any of the individual items that comprise it?

A. Aggregation
B. Inference
C. Clustering
D. Collision

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

The Internet Security Glossary (RFC2828) defines aggregation as a circumstance in which a collection of information items is required to be classified at a higher security level than any of the individual items that comprise it. Source: SHIREY, Robert W., RFC2828: Internet Security Glossary, may 2000.