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A manager must define trust for a governance paper on external partnerships, using SP 800-39's meaning. Which definition is correct?

  1. A certification issued by an accredited third party
  2. Confidence that an entity will act predictably under a given set of circumstances
  3. A contractual guarantee that an entity will meet its obligations
  4. The absence of any identified risk in a relationship
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Answer: B. Confidence that an entity will act predictably under a given set of circumstances

SP 800-39 treats trust as an expectation of predictable behaviour by an entity under stated circumstances, the entity being a person, a process, an object, or some combination of these.

Source: NIST SP 800-39 (NIST) — Sec. 2.6 Trust and Trustworthiness

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