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Check Word: Cipher text generated by cryptographic logic to detect failures in cryptography.

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Cybersecurity

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Cipher text generated by cryptographic logic to detect failures in cryptography.

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Cipher text generated by cryptographic logic to detect failures in cryptography. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)

Source: The Cyber GlossaryType: external

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Committee on National Security Systems Glossary CNSSI 4009-2015
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The Cyber Glossary
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