need to know
nounid
3333·updated May 12, 2026candidate
An administrative action officially declaring a particular individual requires access to specified sensitive or classified information in order to perform their assigned duties.
MWE
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
- §1
- An administrative action officially declaring a particular individual requires access to specified sensitive or classified information in order to perform their assigned duties.
- §1
- 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.
- §1
- 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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