unauthorized external entity
nounid
164218·updated Oct 22, 2026candidate
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The misuse of privileged functions - whether intentionally or unintentionally by authorized users or by unauthorized external entities that have compromised system accounts - is a serious and ongoing concern that can have significant adverse impacts on organizations. Logging the use of privileged functions is one way to detect such misuse and mitigate risks from advanced persistent threats and insider threats.the sentence this term was read in
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Entity Type
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- unauthorized external entities
- possessive
- unauthorized external entity's
- pluralpossessive
- unauthorized external entities'
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