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System integrity is

[t]he quality that a system has when it performs its intended function in an unimpaired manner, free from unauthorized manipulation of the system, whether intentional or accidental.[1]
[t]he attribute of an information system when it performs its intended function in an unimpaired manner, free from deliberate or inadvertent unauthorized manipulation of the system.[2]

References

  1. NIST Special Publication 800-27A; CNSSI 4009 Adapted.
  2. NICCS, Explore Terms: A Glossary of Common Cybersecurity Terminology (full-text).

See also

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