authorized access
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
Access to system components that (a) has been approved by a person designated to do so by management and (b) does not compromise segregation of duties, confidentiality commitments, or otherwise increase risk to the system beyond the levels approved by management (that is, access is appropriate).
Framework senses
- §1
- Access to system components that (a) has been approved by a person designated to do so by management and (b) does not compromise segregation of duties, confidentiality commitments, or otherwise increase risk to the system beyond the levels approved by management (that is, access is appropriate).
- §1 · attested_usage_pack_match
- No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 7 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- Access to system components that (a) has been approved by a person designated to do so by management and (b) does not compromise segregation of duties, confidentiality commitments, or otherwise increase risk to the system beyond the levels approved by management (that is, access is appropriate).DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column