Authentication

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

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The process of verifying the identity or other attributes claimed by or assumed of an entity (user, process, or device), or to verify the source and integrity of data.

Framework senses

24 senses across 19 frameworks

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →

§1: Authentication is the process of confirming the correctness of the claimed identity.

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →

§1 · extended_definition_available: The process of verifying the identity or other attributes of an entity (user, process, or device).

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →

§1: 1. The act of verifying identity (i.e., user, system) Scope Note: Risk: Can also refer to the verification of the correctness of a piece of data 2. The act of verifying the identity of a user and the user’s eligibility to access computerized information Scope Note: Assurance: Authentication is designed to protect against fraudulent logon activity. It can also refer to the verification of the correctness of a piece of data.

FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 20121 senseview framework →

§1: The verification of the identity of a user, process, or device, often as a prerequisite to allowing access to resources in an information system.

NERC CIP-005-5 (Electronic Security Perimeters) v51 senseview framework →

§1: The verification of the identity of a user, process, or device, often as a prerequisite to allowing access to resources in an information system.

NERC CIP-003-6 (Security Management Controls) v61 senseview framework →

§1: The verification of the identity of a user, process, or device, often as a prerequisite to allowing access to resources in an information system.

NERC CIP-007-6 (System Security Management) v61 senseview framework →

§1: The verification of the identity of a user, process, or device, often as a prerequisite to allowing access to resources in an information system.

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →

§1: The process of verifying the identity of an individual user, machine, software component, or any other entity.

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 26 sensesview framework →

§1: Verifying the identity of a user, process, or device, often as a prerequisite to allowing access to resources in an information system.
§2 · sense_2_pending_review: The process of establishing confidence of authenticity.
§3 · sense_3_pending_review: Encompasses identity verification, message origin authentication, and message content authentication.
§4 · sense_4_pending_review: A process that establishes the origin of information or determines an entity’s identity.
§5 · sense_5_pending_review: The process of verifying the identity or other attributes claimed by or assumed of an entity (user, process, or device), or to verify the source and integrity of data.
§6 · sense_6_pending_review: The process of establishing confidence in the identity of users or information systems.

CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →

§1: The process of verifying the identity or other attributes claimed by or assumed of an entity (user, process, or device), or to verify the source and integrity of data.

NIST SP 800-531 senseview framework →

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

NIST SP 800-53A1 senseview framework →

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

NIST SP 800-631 senseview framework →

§1: The process of establishing confidence in the identity of users or information systems.

FIPS PUB 2001 senseview framework →

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

FIPS PUB 2011 senseview framework →

§1: The process of establishing confidence of authenticity.

NIST SP 800-301 senseview framework →

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

NIST SP 800-271 senseview framework →

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

NIST SP 800-211 senseview framework →

§1: A process that establishes the origin of information or determines an entity’s identity.

FIPS PUB 1901 senseview framework →

§1: Encompasses identity verification, message origin authentication, and message content authentication.