Organizations should prevent nonprivileged users from performing privileged functions.

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  "title": "Organizations should prevent nonprivileged users from performing privileged functions.",
  "statement": "Organization should prevent nonprivileged execution of privileged functions.",
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      "title": "Organizations should prevent nonprivileged users from performing privileged functions.",
      "text": "Organization should prevent nonprivileged execution of privileged functions.",
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      "situation": "An AI system or employee activity involves nonprivileged execution of privileged functions. Confirm the actor and source conditions before using this template.",
      "purpose": "Provide a traceable control for the action: prevent nonprivileged execution of privileged functions.",
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        "Equivalent intent does not make different source obligations interchangeable."
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