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individual identifier

nounid 163965·updated Oct 22, 2026
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Source

document
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems
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e0515
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dorianc@moxywolf.com
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ManualCuration
System users include individuals (or system processes acting on behalf of individuals) who are authorized to access a system. Typically, individual identifiers are the usernames associated with the system accounts assigned to those individuals. Since system processes execute on behalf of groups and roles, organizations may require the unique identification of individuals in group accounts or the accountability of individual activity. The unique identification and authentication of users apply to all system accesses. Organizations uthe sentence this term was read in

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
individual identifiers
possessive
individual identifier's
pluralpossessive
individual identifiers'

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