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remote access

nounid 3830·updated May 12, 2026
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Access to an organization's nonpublic information system by an authorized user (or an information system) communicating through an external, non-organization-controlled network (e.g., the Internet).

polysemousMWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Capability0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

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Variants

synonym
offsite access
plural
remote accesses
possessive
remote access's
pluralpossessive
remote accesses'

Framework definitions

NIST Cybersecurity Framework1 senseview framework →
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Access to an organization's nonpublic information system by an authorized user (or an information system) communicating through an external, non-organization-controlled network (e.g., the Internet).
FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 20171 senseview framework →
§1
Access to an organization's nonpublic information system by an authorized user (or an information system) communicating through an external, non-organization-controlled network (e.g., the Internet).
FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 20121 senseview framework →
§1
Access to an organization's nonpublic information system by an authorized user (or an information system) communicating through an external, non-organization-controlled network (e.g., the Internet).
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
The ability to obtain access to a computer or network from a remote location.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 24 sensesview framework →
§1
Access to an organizational information system by a user (or an information system acting on behalf of a user) communicating through an external network (e.g., the Internet).
§2 · sense_2_pending_review
Access by users (or information systems) communicating external to an information system security perimeter.
§3 · sense_3_pending_review
The ability for an organization’s users to access its nonpublic computing resources from external locations other than the organization’s facilities.
§4 · sense_4_pending_review
Access to an organization's nonpublic information system by an authorized user (or an information system) communicating through an external, non-organization-controlled network (e.g., the Internet).
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
Access to an organization's nonpublic information system by an authorized user (or an information system) communicating through an external, non-organization-controlled network (e.g., the Internet).
NIST SP 800-531 senseview framework →
§1
Access to an organizational information system by a user (or an information system acting on behalf of a user) communicating through an external network (e.g., the Internet).
NIST SP 800-181 senseview framework →
§1
Access by users (or information systems) communicating external to an information system security perimeter.
NIST SP 800-461 senseview framework →
§1
The ability for an organization’s users to access its nonpublic computing resources from external locations other than the organization’s facilities.

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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