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need to know

nounid 3333·updated May 12, 2026
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An administrative action officially declaring a particular individual requires access to specified sensitive or classified information in order to perform their assigned duties.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Requirement0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

Regulated90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

Cui75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

synonym
need-to-know
alternatephrasing
Need-To-Know
plural
need to knowsNeed-To-Knows
possessive
need to know'sNeed-To-Know's
pluralpossessive
need to knows'Need-To-Knows'

Framework definitions

NERC CIP-003-6 (Security Management Controls) v61 senseview framework →
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An administrative action officially declaring a particular individual requires access to specified sensitive or classified information in order to perform their assigned duties.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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A method of isolating information resources based on a user’s need to have access to that resource in order to perform their job but no more. The terms ‘need-to know” and “least privilege” express the same idea. Need-to-know is generally applied to people, while least privilege is generally applied to processes.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
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A method of isolating information resources based on a user’s need to have access to that resource in order to perform their job but no more. The terms ‘need-to know” and “least privilege” express the same idea. Need-to-know is generally applied to people, while least privilege is generally applied to processes.

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