# Privileged User **Entity class:** Access-control role ## Definition A **privileged user** is a person authorized to perform security-relevant or administrative functions unavailable to ordinary users. Privilege expands capability and therefore raises the consequence of compromised identity, malicious intent, error, or insufficient oversight. ## Relevance to this collection It connects [[wiki/Trusted Access|Trusted Access]], [[wiki/Insider Threat|Insider Threat]], [[wiki/Access Control|Access Control]], and [[wiki/Human CVE|Human CVE]]. ## Relationships - **master collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [DCSA, *Assessment and Authorization Process Manual*, Version 2.2, 2020](https://www.dcsa.mil/Portals/128/Documents/IS/DCSA%20Assessment%20and%20Authorization%20Process%20Manual%20Version%202.2.pdf). **As of:** 2026-09-23