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Individual Accountability

nounid 2844·updated May 9, 2026
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Ability to associate positively the identity of a user with the time, method, and degree of access to an information system.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Requirement85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Individual Accountabilities
possessive
Individual Accountability's
pluralpossessive
Individual Accountabilities'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
Ability to associate positively the identity of a user with the time, method, and degree of access to an information system.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
Ability to associate positively the identity of a user with the time, method, and degree of access to an information system.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Ability to associate positively the identity of a user with the time, method, and degree of access to an information system.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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