authorization

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

Access privileges granted to a user, program, or process or the act of granting those privileges.

Framework senses

5 senses across 5 frameworks

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →

§1: Authorization is the approval, permission, or empowerment for someone or something to do something.

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →

§1 · extended_definition_available: A process of determining, by evaluating applicable access control information, whether a subject is allowed to have the specified types of access to a particular resource.

FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 20121 senseview framework →

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →

§1: Access privileges granted to a user, program, or process or the act of granting those privileges.

CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →

§1: Access privileges granted to a user, program, or process or the act of granting those privileges.