home/glossary/Escrow Passwords

Escrow Passwords

nounid 2487·updated Aug 30, 2026
verified· unreviewed

Escrow Passwords are passwords that are written down and stored in a secure location (like a safe) that are used by emergency personnel when privileged personnel are unavailable.

MWE

Attested in

No recorded attestations. They are written when an MWE tagging stage is completed, stamped with the pack version and the document’s digest.

Classifications

Entity Type

Credential0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

Restricted85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

possessive
Escrow Passwords's
pluralpossessive
Escrow Passwordses'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
Escrow Passwords are passwords that are written down and stored in a secure location (like a safe) that are used by emergency personnel when privileged personnel are unavailable.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Escrow Passwords are passwords that are written down and stored in a secure location (like a safe) that are used by emergency personnel when privileged personnel are unavailable.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

Outgoing relationships

No outgoing triples
This term is not the subject of any RDF-style relationship yet.

Incoming relationships

No incoming triples
No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.