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Is there a noun for "someone who has access"?

English Language & Usage Asked by user3198085 on June 12, 2021

I’m building a data model for a computer program, and I’m in need a noun (a short compound noun is acceptable) for “someone who has access”.

The information will be provided as an answer to the question: “Who has access to the data within your company?”.

My initial thought was to go with something along the lines of “internal data accessor”, but accessor doesn’t seem to be a common English word, and it’s usage in computer programming doesn’t quite match what I’m describing.

4 Answers

I would use "authorized users" to refer to people who have access to a system.

Correct answer by Lemma on June 12, 2021

possibly the word you are looking for is permission or privileges:

One could have permission to the data

or

One could have data access privileges

permission: consent; authorization.

privilege: a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people.

source: http://www.dictionary.com/

Answered by Jessica Tiberio on June 12, 2021

'Privileged User' seems to be what the software security companies are calling them :

Top 10 Ways to Identify and Detect Privileged Users

Stealthbits

Answered by Nigel J on June 12, 2021

In law, specifically in premises liability, there is a set of words describing various levels of authorization a person might have to enter upon land of another: trespasser, licensee, and invitee. Putting it simply, a trespasser enters without permission of the other, a licensee enters with permission of the other but to benefit himself, and an invitee enters with permission but to benefit the other. I am a licensee when you invite me to come onto your land/house for a social event. (I am your guest.) But I am an invitee when I go into the Apple Store, because Apple has granted me permission impliedly, and because Apple stands to benefit financially from my presence in its Apple Store.

You could analogize and call the "internal data accessor" an invitee or create a neologism, such as admittee.

Answered by SmartJanitor on June 12, 2021

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