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Authorization

Authorization: Access privileges granted to a user, program, or process or the act of granting those privileges.

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Access privileges granted to a user, program, or process or the act of granting those privileges.

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A process of determining, by evaluating applicable access control information, whether a subject is allowed to have the specified types of access to a particular resource.

Source: NICCS GlossaryType: standard

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Committee on National Security Systems Glossary CNSSI 4009-2015
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