Authentication

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Definition

National Definitions

United States

NIST
Verifying the identity of a user, process, or device, often as a prerequisite to allowing access to resources in an information system. [1]



International Standard

IETF
Authentication: The process of verifying an identity claimed by or for a system entity. [2]



ISO/IEC

Authentication is a process that is used to confirm that a claimed characteristic of an entity is actually correct. To authenticate is to verify that a characteristic or attribute that appears to be true is in fact true. [3]


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