Authentication
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Definition
National Definitions
Oman
Authentication is the process of confirming the correctness of the claimed identity. [1]
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. [2]
International Standard
IETF
Authentication: The process of verifying an identity claimed by or for a system entity. [3]
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. [4]
