Rebajar el
nivel de clasificación de una cierta información sin alterar su contenido.
(I) /data security/ Reduce
the security level of data (especially the classification level) without
changing the information content of the data. (Compare: downgrade.)
[RFC4949:2007]
(I) A type of
man-in-the-middle attack in which the attacker can cause two parties, at the
time they negotiate a security association, to agree on a lower level of
protection than the highest level that could have been supported by both of
them. (Compare: downgrade.) [RFC4949:2007]
A determination that
classified informa-tion requires, in the interest of national security, a lower
degree of protection against unauthorized disclosure than currently provided,
together with a changing of the classification designation to reflect a lower
degree of protection. [DoD 5220:2006]