### Question
Can you define what security control means?


### Answer
**Security control** is defined as the following in *6 U.S.C. § 1501*:

> the management, operational, and technical controls used to protect against an unauthorized effort to adversely affect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of an information system or its information

#### Citation:
  - *6 U.S.C. § 1501*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 6-CYBERSECURITY > SUBCHAPTER I-CYBERSECURITY INFORMATION SHARING**

