access control
nounid
1394·updated May 9, 2026verified
A system or measures that limit the retrieving, obtaining, or examining of information, or information processing resources, to persons or applications authorized by the system or data classification.
MWE
Attested in
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems
3.103.01.02 ¶ 103.01.02 ¶ 203.01.04.b ¶ 103.01.05.d ¶ 103.01.08.b ¶ 203.01.12.c03.01.12.d ¶ 103.01.1803.03.02.b ¶ 103.03.03.b ¶ 103.03.07.b ¶ 103.04.11.b ¶ 103.05.02 ¶ 203.10.07.e ¶ 103.10.07.e ¶ 203.10.083.2.1 ¶ 403.2.2 ¶ 137
Classifications
Entity Type
Control95%rule-basedr:entity.control.safeguard.v1
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- adequate protection for the documented information
- plural
- access controls
- possessive
- access control's
- pluralpossessive
- access controls'
Framework definitions
- §1
- Access Control ensures that resources are only granted to those users who are entitled to them.
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
- §1
- The process of granting or denying specific requests for or attempts to: 1) obtain and use information and related information processing services; and 2) enter specific physical facilities.
- §1
- A system or measures that limit the retrieving, obtaining, or examining of information, or information processing resources, to persons or applications authorized by the system or data classification.
- §1
- A system or measures that limit the retrieving, obtaining, or examining of information, or information processing resources, to persons or applications authorized by the system or data classification.
- §1
- A system or measures that limit the retrieving, obtaining, or examining of information, or information processing resources, to persons or applications authorized by the system or data classification.
- §1 · attested_usage_pack_match
- No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 19 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- A system or measures that limit the retrieving, obtaining, or examining of information, or information processing resources, to persons or applications authorized by the system or data classification.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
Outgoing relationships
- related
Incoming relationships
- related
- ←objectnoun