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Abbreviation(s) and Synonym(s):

Definition(s):

  A user that is authorized (and therefore, trusted) to perform security-relevant functions that ordinary users are not authorized to perform.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2 under privileged user
NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 1 under privileged user [Superseded]

  A user that is authorized (and, therefore, trusted) to perform security-relevant functions that ordinary users are not authorized to perform.
Source(s):
CNSSI 4009-2015 under privileged user

  See privileged user.
Source(s):
CNSSI 4009-2015

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