Spillage of classified information

Spillage of classified information is a contamination of lower level systems with material of a higher classification.

The formal definition by the US Government is found in[1] as: "Security incident that results in the transfer of classified or CUI information onto an information system not accredited (i.e., authorized) for the appropriate security level."

References

  1. CNSSI No. 4009 "National Information Assurance (IA) Glossary", Page 70, 26 April 2010
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