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privileged process

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-003280

A computer process that is authorized (and, therefore, trusted) to perform security- relevant functions that ordinary processes are not authorized to perform.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-003280
FieldCybersecurity
ReferencesCNSSI 4009-2022 from IETF RFC 4949 Ver 2; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-003280",
  "term": "privileged process",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "A computer process that is authorized (and, therefore, trusted) to perform security- relevant functions that ordinary processes are not authorized to perform.",
  "references": [
    "CNSSI 4009-2022 from IETF RFC 4949 Ver 2",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/privileged-process/"
}

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