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root user

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

privileged user

Definitions:

  A user that is authorized (and therefore, trusted) to have access to perform system control, monitoring, administration functions, or security-relevant functions that ordinary users are not authorized to perform.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2022 under privileged user from IETF RFC 4949 Ver 2 - adapted

  A user that is authorized (and therefore, trusted) to perform security-relevant functions that ordinary users are not authorized to perform.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 under privileged user from CNSSI 4009-2022

  A user who is authorized (and therefore, trusted) to perform security-relevant functions that ordinary users are not authorized to perform.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-171r3 under privileged user