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network access

Definitions:

  Access to an organizational information system by a user (or a process acting on behalf of a user) communicating through a network (e.g., local area network, wide area network, Internet).
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2015

  Access to a system by a user (or a process acting on behalf of a user) communicating through a network (e.g., local area network, wide area network, Internet).
Sources:
NIST SP 800-172
NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2

  Access to a system by a user (or a process acting on behalf of a user) communicating through a network (e.g., a local area network, a wide area network, and Internet).
Sources:
NIST SP 800-37 Rev. 2

  Access to a system by a user (or a process acting on behalf of a user) communicating through a network, including a local area network, a wide area network, and the Internet.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5

  any access across a network connection in lieu of local access (i.e., user being physically present at the device).
Sources:
NISTIR 8183 under Network Access
NISTIR 8183 Rev. 1 under Network Access
NISTIR 8183A Vol. 1 under Network Access
NISTIR 8183A Vol. 2 under Network Access
NISTIR 8183A Vol. 3 under Network Access