Which term describes accounts on a system with higher levels of permissions?

• A. Provisioning Identities
• B. Privileged Accounts
• C. Stream-based Ciphers
• D. Trusted Path

Answer: (B)

Accounts with higher levels of permissions are privileged accounts. These accounts have administrative capabilities that allow actions like installing software, changing security settings, and accessing sensitive data. Because they carry broad control over the system, they’re a prime target for attackers, so organizations often enforce strict controls such as privileged access management, strong authentication, and session monitoring. The other terms refer to different ideas: provisioning identities is about creating and managing user identities, stream-based ciphers are encryption algorithms, and a trusted path is a secure channel for entering sensitive information.