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Privileged access

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Individuals with the ability to override system or application controls.

MWEFederal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary

Senses

NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match

No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 3 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.

Classifications

Entity Type

Capability72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity

Restricted75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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Privileged accesses
possessive
Privileged access's
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