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• Security-related information (e.g., secret and private cryptographic keys, and authentication data such as passwords and Personal Identification Numbers (PINs)) whose disclosure or modification can compromise the security of a cryptographic module.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Critical Security Parameter. (n.d.). Glossary of Key Information Security Terms. Retrieved February 4, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/critical-security-parameter.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Critical Security Parameter. csrc.nist.gov. Glossary of Key Information Security Terms. NIST. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/critical-security-parameter (accessed: February 4, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Critical Security Parameter." Glossary of Key Information Security Terms. NIST. 4 February. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/critical-security-parameter.

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