Identity Verification
nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026
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
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
Entity Type
Process0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity
—85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
—75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- synonym
- biometric identification
- plural
- Identity Verifications
- possessive
- Identity Verification's
- pluralpossessive
- Identity Verifications'