The Continuity Layer
Glossary · a term in the AI continuity field

Access-control erasure

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The definition

Withdrawing a record from everyone who could read it while the operator keeps the data and could still decrypt it. The IETF SAIHM draft requires operators to say which of the two they offer: this, or cryptographic erasure. Rung 4 of the erasure ladder.

The same words the glossary hub and the public data mirror carry; this page is the stable address for the term.

  • Erasure

    Authorized deletion of stored memory: honoring a deletion request, making sure the removed fact stops influencing answers, and being able to show it is gone.…

  • Erasure ladder

    This site's ordering of the twelve operations the word “forget” is used for, from correcting a wrong record to verifying that a deleted one no longer shapes…

  • Cryptographic erasure

    Encrypting each item or subject under its own key and deleting by destroying the key, so retained ciphertext, including backups, cannot be read. The…

Where it shows up on this site

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The working definition of a continuity layer, in full, is at /what-is-a-continuity-layer. Every term, on one page, at /glossary.