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authorized access

nouncandidate·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).

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Classifications

Entity Type

Control85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity

Regulated90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
authorized accesses
possessive
authorized access's
pluralpossessive
authorized accesses'