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Privileged access

nounid 3671·updated May 9, 2026
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Individuals with the ability to override system or application controls.

MWE

Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems3 citations · 3 machine-matched · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
03.01.01.h ¶ 103.03.08.b ¶ 203.07.06.d ¶ 1

Classifications

Entity Type

Capability72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

Restricted75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Privileged accesses
possessive
Privileged access's
pluralpossessive
Privileged accesses'

Framework definitions

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
Individuals with the ability to override system or application controls.
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · attested_usage_pack_match
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 3 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.
Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Individuals with the ability to override system or application controls.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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