Privilege
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
A right granted to an individual, a program, or a process.
polysemousNISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
NERC CIP-004-6 (Personnel & Training) v6
Set of access rights permitted by the access control system.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary
The level of trust with which a system object is imbued.
Wordset Dictionary
a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all
Wordset Dictionary
a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
Wordset Dictionary
(law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship
Classifications
Entity Type
Capability72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed —
Sensitivity
—85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed —
Information Class
—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed —
Variants
- synonym
- prerogative
- plural
- Privileges
- possessive
- Privilege's
- pluralpossessive
- Privileges'