Under FIPS 199, a loss of confidentiality, integrity or availability with a serious adverse effect is rated at which impact level?

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  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

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  1. FIPS 199, Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.199.pdf Checked 2026-10-10.

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