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Mutual Authentication

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

The process of both entities involved in a transaction verifying each other. See bidirectional authentication .

MWENIST SP 800-172r3

Senses

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

Occurs when parties at both ends of a communication activity authenticate each other.

NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match

No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.

Classifications

Entity Type

Process100%manual reviewaxis_review_queue.v1
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Mutual Authentications
possessive
Mutual Authentication's
pluralpossessive
Mutual Authentications'