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authorization

nounid 1606·updated May 9, 2026
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Access privileges granted to a user, program, or process or the act of granting those privileges.

Classifications

Entity Type

Control85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

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

Variants

synonym
authorisation
plural
authorizations
possessive
authorization's
pluralpossessive
authorizations'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
Authorization is the approval, permission, or empowerment for someone or something to do something.
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
§1 · extended_definition_available
A process of determining, by evaluating applicable access control information, whether a subject is allowed to have the specified types of access to a particular resource.
FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 20121 senseview framework →
§1
Official permission or approval.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
Access privileges granted to a user, program, or process or the act of granting those privileges.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
Access privileges granted to a user, program, or process or the act of granting those privileges.

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