Identity Verification

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

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The process of confirming or denying that a claimed identity is correct by comparing the credentials (something you know, something you have, something you are) of a person requesting access with those previously proven and stored in the PIV Card of system and associated with the identity being claimed.

MWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Senses

2 more senses beyond the canonical

NIST SP 800-79

The process of confirming or denying that a claimed identity is correct by comparing the credentials (something you know, something you have, something you are) of a person requesting access with those previously proven and stored in the PIV Card or system and associated with the identity being claimed.

Wordset Dictionary

the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: biometric identification
plural: Identity Verifications
possessive: Identity Verification's
pluralpossessive: Identity Verifications'

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