need to know
nounverified· unreviewed·updated Aug 30, 2026
An administrative action officially declaring a particular individual requires access to specified sensitive or classified information in order to perform their assigned duties.
Framework senses
- §1
- An administrative action officially declaring a particular individual requires access to specified sensitive or classified information in order to perform their assigned duties.
- §1
- A method of isolating information resources based on a user’s need to have access to that resource in order to perform their job but no more. The terms ‘need-to know” and “least privilege” express the same idea. Need-to-know is generally applied to people, while least privilege is generally applied to processes.
- §1
- A method of isolating information resources based on a user’s need to have access to that resource in order to perform their job but no more. The terms ‘need-to know” and “least privilege” express the same idea. Need-to-know is generally applied to people, while least privilege is generally applied to processes.
- §1 · attested_usage_pack_match
- No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- An administrative action officially declaring a particular individual requires access to specified sensitive or classified information in order to perform their assigned duties.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column