Clearance

nounid 1828·updated May 9, 2026

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Formal certification of authorization to have access to classified information other than that protected in a special access program (including SCI). Clearances are of three types: confidential, secret, and top secret. A top secret clearance permits access to top secret, secret, and confidential material; a secret clearance, to secret and confidential material; and a confidential clearance, to confidential material.

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Variants

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synonym: headroom
plural: Clearances
possessive: Clearance's
pluralpossessive: Clearances'

Framework definitions

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Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →

§1: The process of transmitting, reconciling, and in some cases, confirming payment orders or financial instrument transfer instructions prior to settlement.

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →

§1: Formal certification of authorization to have access to classified information other than that protected in a special access program (including SCI). Clearances are of three types: confidential, secret, and top secret. A top secret clearance permits access to top secret, secret, and confidential material; a secret clearance, to secret and confidential material; and a confidential clearance, to confidential material.

CNSSI-401 senseview framework →

§1: Formal certification of authorization to have access to classified information other than that protected in a special access program (including SCI). Clearances are of three types: confidential, secret, and top secret. A top secret clearance permits access to top secret, secret, and confidential material; a secret clearance, to secret and confidential material; and a confidential clearance, to confidential material.

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →

§1: permission to proceed
§2: the distance by which one thing clears another
§3: vertical space available to allow easy passage under something

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