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superuser

Abbreviation(s) and Synonym(s):

privileged user

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 800-172 under privileged user
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 under privileged user from CNSSI 4009-2015
NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2 under privileged user

  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

  A user who is authorized (and, therefore, trusted) to perform security-relevant functions that ordinary users are not authorized to perform.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-172A under privileged user