Access control list

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

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An internal computerized table of access rules regarding the levels of computer access permitted to logon IDs and computer terminals Scope Note: Also referred to as access control tables

MWEISACA Cybersecurity Glossary

Senses

2 more senses beyond the canonical

SANS Glossary of Security Terms

A mechanism that implements access control for a system resource by listing the identities of the system entities that are permitted to access the resource.

NIST SP 800-171r3attested 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.

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Control92%rule-basedr:entity.control.safeguard.v1

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

acronym: ACL
plural: Access control lists
possessive: Access control list's
pluralpossessive: Access control lists'

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