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organizational personnel

nounverified·updated Aug 30, 2026

The aggregate of individuals who work within or on behalf of an organization and who hold duties, responsibilities, or roles that are relevant to the organization's security, privacy, or compliance posture. It is distinguished from narrower categories such as "security staff" or "privileged users" by its breadth: it spans every stratum and function—executives, system owners, administrators, auditors, and general users—while remaining bounded to those in the organizational trust relationship (as opposed to the general public or anonymous parties). In practice, standards and control frameworks use the expression as a recipient class for notifications, training, policy dissemination, and accountability requirements, often pairing it with "or roles" to allow organizations to address either named individuals or the positions they occupy.

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Senses

NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage reviewer confirmed

No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 11 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
organizational personnels
possessive
organizational personnel's
pluralpossessive
organizational personnels'