authentication mechanism
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
Hardware or software-based mechanisms that forces users, devices, or processes to prove their identity before accessing data on an information system.
Framework senses
- §1
- Hardware or software-based mechanisms that forces users, devices, or processes to prove their identity before accessing data on an information system.
- §1
- Hardware-or software-based mechanisms that force users to prove their identity before accessing data on a device.
- §2 · sense_2_pending_review
- Hardware or software-based mechanisms that forces users, devices, or processes to prove their identity before accessing data on an information system.
- §1
- Hardware or software-based mechanisms that forces users, devices, or processes to prove their identity before accessing data on an information system.
- §1
- Hardware-or software-based mechanisms that force users to prove their identity before accessing data on a device.
- §1
- Hardware-or software-based mechanisms that force users to prove their identity before accessing data on a device.
- §1 · attested_usage_pack_match
- No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 4 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- Hardware or software-based mechanisms that forces users, devices, or processes to prove their identity before accessing data on an information system.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column