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unauthorized use

nounid 4551·updated Aug 30, 2026
verified· unreviewed

Use of an asset for a person's own purpose without the consent of the owner.

MWE

Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems1 citation · 1 machine-matched · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
03.14.06.b

Classifications

Entity Type

Threat0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

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

Information Class

50%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

synonym
unauthorized usage
plural
unauthorized uses
possessive
unauthorized use's
pluralpossessive
unauthorized uses'

Framework definitions

NY DFS Part 500 (NYCRR Title 23, Chapter 1, Part 500)1 senseview framework →
§1
Use of an asset for a person's own purpose without the consent of the owner.
NERC CIP-010-2 (Config Change Management & Vulnerability) v21 senseview framework →
§1
Use of an asset for a person's own purpose without the consent of the owner.
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · attested_usage_pack_match
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.
Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Use of an asset for a person's own purpose without the consent of the owner.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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