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AC-6(4)

Separate Processing Domains

Access Control (AC)
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Description

Provide separate processing domains to enable finer-grained allocation of user privileges.

Discussion

Providing separate processing domains for finer-grained allocation of user privileges includes using virtualization techniques to permit additional user privileges within a virtual machine while restricting privileges to other virtual machines or to the underlying physical machine, implementing separate physical domains, and employing hardware or software domain separation mechanisms.

Implementation guidance

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