Security Authorization

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-003780",
  "term": "Security Authorization",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. The official management decision of the Designated Authorizing Official to permit operation of an issuer after determining that the issuer’s reliability has satisfactorily been established through appropriate assessment processes.\n\n2. The right or a permission that is granted to a system entity to access a system resource.\n\n3. The official management decision given by a senior official to authorize operation of a system or the common controls inherited by designated organizations systems and to explicitly accept the risk to organizational operations (including mission, functions, image, and reputation), organizational assets, individuals, other organizations, and the Nation based on the implementation of an agreed-upon set of security and privacy controls. Also known as authorization to operate.\n\n4. The process that takes place after authentication is complete to determine which resources/services are available to a WiMAX device.\n\n5. The process of verifying that a requested action or service is approved for a specific entity.\n\n6. Access privileges that are granted to an entity; conveying an “official” sanction to perform a security function or activity.\n\n7. Access privileges granted to an entity; conveys an “official” sanction to perform a security function or activity.\n\n8. Access privileges granted to an entity; conveys an “official” sanction to perform a cryptographic function or other sensitive activity.\n\n9. See authorization.\n\n10. Access privileges that are granted to an entity that convey an “official” sanction to perform a security function or activity.\n\n11. The granting or denying of access rights to a user, program, or process.\n\n12. The process of initially establishing access privileges of an individual and subsequently verifying the acceptability of a request for access.",
  "abbreviation": "Authorization",
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-79-2",
    "NIST SP 800-82 Rev. 2 [Superseded] from RFC 4949; NIST SP 1800-27C from NIST SP 800-82 Rev. 2, NIST SP 800-82r3; NIST SP 1800-10B from NIST SP 800-82 Rev. 2, NIST SP 800-82r3",
    "NIST SP 800-12 Rev. 1",
    "NIST SP 800-127 [Withdrawn]",
    "NIST SP 800-152; NIST SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev.1",
    "NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 4 [Superseded]; NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 3 [Superseded]",
    "NIST SP 800-57 Part 2 [Superseded]",
    "NIST SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev.1",
    "NIST SP 800-137; NIST SP 800-37 Rev. 1 [Superseded]; NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4 [Superseded]; NIST SP 800-53A Rev. 4 [Superseded]",
    "NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 5",
    "NISTIR 7316",
    "NISTIR 4734",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/security-authorization/"
}