Sanitization (classified information)
PROCESS OF REMOVING SENSITIVE INFORMATION FROM A DOCUMENT OR OTHER MESSAGE, SO THAT THE DOCUMENT MAY BE DISTRIBUTED TO A BROADER AUDIENCE
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Sanitization is the process of removing sensitive information from a document or other message (or sometimes encrypting it), so that the document may be distributed to a broader audience. When the intent is secrecy protection, such as in dealing with classified information, sanitization attempts to reduce the document's classification level, possibly yielding an unclassified document.