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possession
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possession

The ownership or control of information, as distinct from confidentiality. For example, if confidential information such as a user ID-password combination is in a sealed container and the container is stolen, the owner justifiably feels that there has been a breach of security even if the container remains closed (this is a breach of possession or control over the information). Possession is one of the six fundamental components of information security (see Parkerian Hexad).


possession
Politics a territory subject to a foreign state or to a sovereign prince

Possession
See also Enchantment.
Gadarene
swine Jesus sends demons from man to pigs. [N.T.: Matthew 8:28–32; Mark 5:1–13; Luke 8:26–33]
Legion
man controlled by devils; exorcised by Jesus. [N.T.: Mark 5:9; Luke 8:30]
Regan
young girl gruesomely infested with the devil. [Am. Lit.: The Exorcist]


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