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Designated Approval Authority

nounid 2292·updated May 9, 2026
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Official with the authority to formally assume responsibility for operating a system at an acceptable level of risk. This term is synonymous with authorizing official, designated accrediting authority, and delegated accrediting authority.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Role95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

acronym
DAA
plural
Designated Approval Authorities
possessive
Designated Approval Authority's
pluralpossessive
Designated Approval Authorities'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
Official with the authority to formally assume responsibility for operating a system at an acceptable level of risk. This term is synonymous with authorizing official, designated accrediting authority, and delegated accrediting authority.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
Official with the authority to formally assume responsibility for operating a system at an acceptable level of risk. This term is synonymous with authorizing official, designated accrediting authority, and delegated accrediting authority.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Official with the authority to formally assume responsibility for operating a system at an acceptable level of risk. This term is synonymous with authorizing official, designated accrediting authority, and delegated accrediting authority.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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