Definition[]
Cybercrime[]
Under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), unauthorized access (to stored wire or electronic communications) means:
- (1) intentionally accesses without authorization a facility through which an electronic communication service is provided; or
- (2) intentionally exceeds an authorization to access that facility; and thereby obtains, alters, or prevents authorized access to a wire or electronic communication while it is in electronic storage in such system. . . ."[1]
General[]
Unauthorized access refers to someone
“ | gaining logical or physical access without permission to a computer network, system, application software, data, or other resource.[2] | ” |
“ | [who] gains logical or physical access without permission to a Federal agency network, system, application, data or other resource. | ” |
Unauthorized access
- is "[a]ny access that violates the stated security policy."[3]
- [o]ccurs when a user, legitimate or unauthorized, accesses a resource that the user is not permitted to use.[4]
Network[]
Unauthorized access is
“ | [a]ny access to an information system or network that violates the owner or operator's stated security policy.[5] | ” |
U.S. government[]
Unauthorized access refers to someone
“ | [who] gains logical or physical access without permission to a Federal agency network, system, application, data or other resource.[6] | ” |
References[]
- ↑ 18 U.S.C. §2701(a).
- ↑ NIST Special Publication 800-61.
- ↑ NICCS, Explore Terms: A Glossary of Common Cybersecurity Terminology (full-text).
- ↑ FIPS 191.
- ↑ ICS-CERT, Common Cyber Security Language (full-text).
- ↑ Executive Office of the President, "Annual Report to Congress: Federal information Security Management Act" 15 (Office of Management and Budget) (Feb. 27, 2015) (full-text).